五六点 (wǔ liù) — around five or six o'clock

Definition

A time-expression meaning 'around five or six o'clock' — the points (点) are dropped, common in casual speech. Unlike a clock time like 五点, it signals a rough window, not a fixed hour.

noun

around five or six o'clock

Examples

五六点。
Wǒ men míng tiān wǔ liù zài mén kǒu jiàn miàn ba.
Let's meet at the door around five or six tomorrow.
五六点。
Tā měi tiān zǎo shàng wǔ liù jiù qǐ chuáng duàn liàn.
He gets up and exercises around five or six every morning.
五六点，。
Xià wǔ wǔ liù de shí hou, chāo shì rén zuì duō.
The supermarket is most crowded around five or six in the afternoon.

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