Chinese phrase

还剩〜分钟 hái shèng 〜 fēn zhōng

Meaning

There are ___ minutes left

When to use it

It says that a certain number of minutes remain. It gives a simple time update, often when an activity is nearing its end.

Example dialogue

会议差不多要结束了,还剩十分钟,要总结吗? huì yì chà bu duō yào jié shù le hái shèng shí fēn zhōng yào zǒng jié ma

The meeting is almost over, and there are ten minutes left. Shall we sum up?

好,我把要点讲完。 hǎo wǒ bǎ yào diǎn jiǎng wán

Okay, I will finish covering the main points.

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