Time

when?	gei si
now	yi ga
sometimes	yu si
never	tsUng loi mou
yesterday	km yt
today	gm yt
tomorrow	tIng yt
afternoon	an dzu

Units

minute	fn (no MW)
5 minutes	dzi (MW: go)
quarter	gwt (MW: go)
half	bun
hour	dzUng
day	yt
week	li bai ; sIng kei (MW: go)
month	yüt (MW: go)
year	lin

Clock

at what time?	gei dim dzUng a
what time is it?	gei dim a
o'clock	dim (dzUng)
9:30	gu dim bun
5:03	m dim lIng sam fn
4:10
6:45	lUk dim sei sp m fn

Days of the Week

Use the numbers 1 to 6 with sing1 kei4 to form the days from Monday to Saturday. Sunday is an exception. You may also use l@i5 bai3 instead of sing1 kei4.

Monday	sIng kei yt (weekday 1)
Tuesday	sIng kei yi
Wednesday	sIng kei sam
Thursday	sIng kei sei
Friday	sIng kei m
Saturday	sIng kei lUk (weekday 6)
Sunday	sIng kei yt
weekend	dzu mut (MW: go)

Months

Put the numbers 1 to 12 before the word for month yuet6.

January	yt yüt (1st month)
February	yi yüt
March	sam yüt
April	sei yüt
May	m yüt
June	lUk yüt
...
November	sp yt yüt
December	sp yi yüt (12th month)

Present

now	yi ga
today	gm yt
this morning	gm dziu (dzou) ; li go dziu dzou
this afternoon	li go an dzu
tonight	gm man ; gm man
this month	gm go yüt
this year	gm lin

Past

just now
yesterday	km yt
day before yesterday	tsin yt
last night	km man
last month	sœng go yüt
last year	sœng lin
...ago

Future

later	tsi di
soon	yt dzn
tomorrow	tIng yt
day after tomorrow	hu yt
tomorrow night	tIng man ; tIng man
next month	ha go yüt
next year	ha lin
in...

Date

Seasons

spring	tsön gwi
summer	ha gwi
autumn	tsu gwi
winter	dUng gwi

Decades

60s	lUk sp lin doi
70s	tst sp lin doi
80s	bat sp lin doi
90s	gu sp lin doi

Centuries

20th century	ya si gei
21st century	ya yi si gei

Adverbs

again	dzoi
no longer	dzoi m [verb] la

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