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ChineseBeginner -

Hi guys,

im really new to Chinese (Mandarin). Ive been asked to return a call with something that sounds
like the following:

"xi ah dian" or "shi ah dian". What does this mean?



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skylee -

Probably it means 12 o'clock, which is shi2 er4 dian3 in pinyin.










Hero Doug -

I like the above answer












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