How to Say ‘About ten minutes.’ in Simplified Chinese
大概十分钟。
dà gài shí fēn zhōng
[dàgài shí fēnzhōng]
💬 Usage Tip: 分钟 (fēn zhōng) means minutes as a length of time. 分 on its own is used for clock times, as in 三点十分 "3:10".
Phrase Breakdown
大概
dà gài
[dàgài]
about; approximately
Used before a number to give a rough amount.
大概二十个人。
About twenty people.
十
shí
[shí]
ten
The number 10.
我们一共十个人。
There are ten of us in total.
分钟
fēn zhōng
[fēnzhōng]
minute
A unit of time, 60 seconds.
等我五分钟。
Wait for me five minutes.
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