Chinese phrase
发生时间是〜吗？ fā shēng shí jiān shì 〜 ma
Meaning
Did it happen at ___?
When to use it
Asks whether an event happened at a particular time. It is a neutral way to check when something occurred, often in factual or work-related conversation.
Example dialogue
这次数据库宕机的发生时间是昨天晚上十一点吗？ zhè cì shù jù kù dàng jī de fā shēng shí jiān shì zuó tiān wǎn shàng shí yì diǎn ma
Did this database outage happen at 11:00 last night?
不是，是昨晚十点半发生的。 bú shì shì zuó wǎn shí diǎn bàn fā shēng de
No, it happened at 10:30 last night.