# Elementary Chinese Readers, Book 1 - Lesson 21 # Published by Sinolingua, 1987 - ISBN 7800520250 # Version 1.1 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 现在 [xiànzài] /now, nowadays/ 点钟 [diǎnzhōng] /(a measure word), o'clock/ 半 [bàn] /half/ 分 [fēn] /(a measure word), minute/ 刻 [kè] /(a measure word), quarter/ 差 [chà] /to lack, to be short of/ 起床 [qǐ chuáng] /to get up/ 吃 [chī] /to eat, to have (meals)/ 早饭 [zǎofàn] /breakfast/ 下课 [xià kè] /class is over, to finish classes/ 时候 [shíhou] /time/ 晚饭 [wǎnfàn] /supper/ 节 [jié] /(a measure word), period/ 午饭 [wǔfàn] /lunch/ 睡觉 [shuì jiào] /to go to bed, to sleep/ 饭 [fàn] /meal, cooked rice, food/ 吃饭 [chī fàn] /to have a meal, to take a meal/ 秒 [miǎo] /second/ 中午 [zhōngwǔ] /noon/ # end