八 bā in a sentence

我们 八 点看电视。

Wǒmen bā diǎn kàn diànshì.

We watch TV at eight o'clock.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 八

电影 八 点开始。

Diànyǐng bā diǎn kāishǐ.

The film starts at eight.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 开始

他 八 点才起床。

Tā bā diǎn cái qǐchuáng.

He didn't get up until eight.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 才

今天是六月 八 号。

Jīntiān shì liù yuè bā hào.

Today is June 8th.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 号

我弟弟今年 八 岁。

Wǒ dìdi jīnnián bā suì.

My younger brother is eight this year.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 弟弟

现在差五分 八 点。

Xiànzài chà wǔ fēn bā diǎn.

It is now five to eight.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 差

现在是 八 点十分。

Xiànzài shì bā diǎn shí fēn.

It is now ten past eight.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 分

爸爸每天 八 点上班。

Bàba měi tiān bā diǎn shàngbān.

Dad goes to work at eight every day.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 上班

奶奶今年 八 十岁了。

Nǎinai jīnnián bāshí suì le.

Grandma is eighty this year.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 奶奶

百分之 八 十的人同意。

Bǎifēnzhī bāshí de rén tóngyì.

Eighty percent of people agree.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 百分之

我最喜欢的节目 八 点开始。

Wǒ zuì xǐhuan de jiémù bā diǎn kāishǐ.

My favourite programme starts at eight.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 节目

八 点，我在家吃早饭。

bā diǎn, wǒ zàijiā chī zǎofàn.

At eight I eat breakfast at home.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day

八 点半我必须到公司。

bā diǎn bàn wǒ bìxū dào gōngsī.

I have to be at the office by half past eight.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work

我 八 点到学校，没有迟到。

wǒ bā diǎn dào xuéxiào, méiyǒu chídào.

I got to school at eight and wasn't late.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School

到公司的时候，已经 八 点四十了。

dào gōngsī de / dì shíhou, yǐjīng bā diǎn sìshí le / liǎo / liào.

When I got to the office it was already 8:40.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work

她今年 八 十三岁了，眼睛不太好。

tā jīnnián bāshí sān suì le / liǎo / liào, yǎnjīng bù tài hǎo / hào.

She's eighty-three this year and her eyes aren't good.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother

第一天，我跑了 八 分钟就跑不动了。

dìyī tiān, wǒ pǎo le / liǎo / liào bā fēnzhōng jiù pǎo budòng le / liǎo / liào.

On the first day I lasted eight minutes before I couldn't go on.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running

八 点的时候，妈妈给我打了视频电话。

bā diǎn de / dì shíhou, māma gěi wǒ dǎle shìpín diànhuà.

At eight my mum made a video call.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival

那时候我一百 八 十斤，走两层楼都累。

nàshí hòu wǒ yībǎi bāshí jīn, zǒu liǎng céng lóu dōu lèi / léi / lěi.

At the time I weighed ninety kilos and two flights of stairs tired me out.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running

我 八 岁那年，爸爸买了一辆小自行车给我。

wǒ bā suì nà / nèi nián, bàba mǎile yī liàng xiǎo zìxíngchē gěi wǒ.

The year I was eight, my dad bought me a small bicycle.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike

班里最小的学生十九岁，最大的六十 八 岁。

bān lǐ zuìxiǎo de / dì xuésheng shíjiǔsuì, zuìdà de / dì liùshí bā suì.

The youngest student in the class was nineteen and the oldest sixty-eight.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty

为了一个字，一位 八 十三岁的老人写了两遍。

wèile yīgè zì, yī wèi bāshí sān suì de / dì lǎorén xiěle liǎng biàn.

For the sake of one character, an eighty-three-year-old had written it out twice.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother

爸爸问：“多少钱？”服务员说：“ 八 十块。”

bàba wèn:" duōshao qián?" fúwùyuán shuō:" bāshí kuài."

Dad asked, "How much is it?" The waiter said, "Eighty yuan."

Graded reader · HSK 1 · At the Restaurant

我十 八 岁了。

Wǒ shíbā suì le.

I've turned eighteen.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 了 — completed action and change of state