A Users Guide to Time Phrases in Mandarin Chinese

A User's Guide to Time Phrases in Mandarin Chinese Mandarin Chinese has time-related expressions that explain when the activity in a sentence is going on. These articulations are like English terms like, yesterday or two days ago. Here is a rundown of regular time articulations, which we will investigate in more detail beneath: Days today - ä »Å¡Ã¥ ¤ © - jä «n tiä nyesterday - æ˜ ¨Ã¥ ¤ © - zuã ³ tiä nthe day before yesterday - å‰ Ã¥ ¤ © - qin tiä ntomorrow - 昞å ¤ © - mã ­ng tiä nthe day after tomorrow - Ã¥ ¾Å"Ã¥ ¤ © (trad)/Ã¥ Å¾Ã¥ ¤ © (simp) - hã ²u tiä n A long time this year - ä »Å¡Ã¥ ¹' - jä «n ninlast year - åž »Ã¥ ¹' - qã ¹ nintwo years back - å‰ Ã¥ ¹' - qin ninnext year - 昞å ¹' - mã ­ng nintwo years from now - Ã¥ ¾Å"Ã¥ ¹'/Ã¥ Å¾Ã¥ ¹' - hã ²u nin Many Months The prefixes for a considerable length of time and months are as per the following: this week - 這個æ˜ÿæÅ"ÿ/è ¿â„¢Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦ËœÃ¿Ã¦Å"ÿ - zhã ¨ gã ¨ xä «ngqä «this month - 這個æÅ"ˆ/è ¿â„¢Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦Å"ˆ - zhã ¨ gã ¨ yuã ¨last week - ä ¸Å¡Ã¥â‚¬â€¹Ã¦ËœÃ¿Ã¦Å"ÿ/ä ¸Å¡Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦ËœÃ¿Ã¦Å"ÿ - shng gã ¨ xä «ngqä «last month - ä ¸Å¡Ã¥â‚¬â€¹Ã¦Å"ˆ/ä ¸Å¡Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦Å"ˆ - shng gã ¨ yuã ¨two weeks prior - ä ¸Å¡Ã¤ ¸Å¡Ã¥â‚¬â€¹Ã¦ËœÃ¿Ã¦Å"ÿ/ä ¸Å¡Ã¤ ¸Å¡Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦ËœÃ¿Ã¦Å"ÿ - shng gã ¨ xä «ngqä «two months back - ä ¸Å¡Ã¤ ¸Å¡Ã¥â‚¬â€¹Ã¦Å"ˆ/ä ¸Å¡Ã¤ ¸Å¡Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦Å"ˆ - shng gã ¨ yuã ¨next week - ä ¸â€¹Ã¥â‚¬â€¹Ã¦ËœÃ¿Ã¦Å"ÿ/ä ¸â€¹Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦ËœÃ¿Ã¦Å"ÿ - xi gã ¨ xä «ngqä «next month - ä ¸â€¹Ã¥â‚¬â€¹Ã¦Å"ˆ/ä ¸â€¹Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦Å"ˆ - xi gã ¨ yuã ¨two weeks from now - ä ¸â€¹Ã¤ ¸â€¹Ã¥â‚¬â€¹Ã¦ËœÃ¿Ã¦Å"ÿ/ä ¸â€¹Ã¤ ¸â€¹Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦ËœÃ¿Ã¦Å"ÿ - xi gã ¨ xä «ng qä «two months from now - ä ¸â€¹Ã¤ ¸â€¹Ã¥â‚¬â€¹Ã¦Å"ˆ/ä ¸â€¹Ã¤ ¸â€¹Ã¤ ¸ ªÃ¦Å"ˆ - xi gã ¨ yuã ¨ Explanations The time articulations forâ daysâ andâ yearsâ have the equivalent prefixes aside from the past timeframe: åž » (qã ¹) forâ last yearâ and æ˜ ¨ (zuã ³) forâ yesterday.â The time articulations forâ yearâ can additionally be utilized for occasions which happen each year, for example, commemorations, school years, and excursions. For instance: last year’s spring vacationåž »Ã¥ ¹'æ˜ ¥Ã¥ â€¡qã ¹ nin chÃ¥ «n ji This equivalent example can be utilized for occasions which follow week by week or month to month designs, for example, semesters or seasons: the previous summer - åž »Ã¥ ¹'Ã¥ ¤ Ã¥ ¤ © - qã ¹ nin xitiä n