Converse in Chinese
Converse in Chinese
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Basic Chinese Conversation 4C
1 minutes Posted Feb 7, 2025 at 3:14 pm.
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Lack of sleep

College student Xiao Wang just arrived for a morning class. She appears to be unusually tired, so her friend Xiao Pan is concerned. What are Xiao Wang's normal sleep hours?

Wang: (Yawning).

Pan: 你今天怎么这么困啊?

Wang: 我昨天晚上十二点(cái, indicating lateness)睡觉。

Pan: 十二点,不太晚啊。你平常晚上几点睡觉?

Wang: 我平常都十点(jiù, indicating earliness)睡觉。

Pan:那几点起床呢?

Wang: 我平常早上七点起床,可是我今天六点就起了,所以只睡了六个钟头。

Pan: 六个钟头?不少啊。

Wang: 可是我平常每天都睡九个钟头的。

Pan: 哇!你睡那么长时间啊。

Wang:啊。 那你平常睡几个钟头?

Pan: 我平常晚上十二点睡觉,早上六点起床。

Wang: 所以你每天晚上只睡六个钟头啊?

Pan: 对啊!