This page contains the three lessons of Unit 3
Lesson 3.1
In this lesson, you will begin to learn to count in Chinese and learn the days of the week.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
What day is today?
- numbers 1-10
- days of the week
1 一yī 2二 èr 3 三sān 4 四sì 5 五wŭ 6六 liù 7七 qī 8八 bā 9 九jiŭ 10十shí
星xīng 期qí week
日rì sun
天tiān day, sky, heaven
今jīn 天tiān today
明míng 天tiān tomorrow
昨zuó 天tiān yesterday
几jǐ which number
星xīng 期qí 几jǐ which day of the week
Lesson 3.2
In this lesson, you will learn all the numbers up to 100. You’ll also be able to say the months of the year and ask about the date.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
What’s the date today?
- numbers 11 – 100
- months of the year
月yuè moon, month
20 èr shí
30 sān shí
40sì shí
50. 60. 70. 80. 90.
100 yì băi
号hào number
Lesson 3.3
In this lesson, you learn to ask about the time.
Lesson summary and vocabulary list
What time is it?
- time / o’clock/ minute
- to tell the time e.g. ‘5 to 7’
- It’s time to do…..
- ‘to go’ / ‘ to get up’
现xiàn 在zài now
点diăn o’clock
分fēn minute
几jǐ 点diăn 几jǐ 分fēn what time
该gāi (=应该) should
起qǐ to get up 床chuáng bed
起qǐ 床chuáng to get up
1点diăn 5分fēn
2 liăng 点diăn 10分fēn
3点diăn 15分fēn
（ 3点diăn1刻kè ）
4点diăn 20分fēn
5点diăn 25分fēn
6点diăn 30分fēn
(6点diăn 半bàn ）
7点diăn 35分fēn
8点diăn 40分fēn
9点diăn 45分fēn
（9点diăn 3刻kē ）
10点diăn 50分fēn
11点diăn 55分fēn
12点diăn
差chā short of (minus)
该gāi (=应该) should
走zǒu to walk/ to leave
一yí 刻kè a quarter
半bàn half
Audio Review
The help you consolidate what you have learned in the first unit, we have put together a quick audio review recording. The audio review will help you with your listening comprehension and remind you of some Chinese sentence patterns and vocabulary.