Beginner Level 初级 (chūjí)
Choose the correct answer based on the following short conversation.
Yǐjīng qīdiǎn le, diànyǐng zěnme hái bù kāishǐ?
A: 已经 七 点 了，电影 怎么 还 不 开始？
It’s already 7 o’clock. Why hasn’t the film started?
Háiyǒu shí fēnzhōng ne.
B: 还有 十 分钟 呢。
There is still ten minutes before it starts.
Question:
Diànyǐng jǐdiǎn kāishǐ?
电影 几点 开始？
When will the film start?
A: 七点十分 (qīdiǎn shífēn)
B: 七点 (qīdiǎn)
C: 七点半 (qīdiǎnbàn)
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I’m sure the answer is A. The time should be ten minutes past seven.
“7:45”should be “七点四十五(qī diǎn sì shí wǔ)” in Chinese.
I want to learn more about writing Mandarin. Here, I have a question: how is 7:45 written using Chinese characters?