Chinese Daily Routine Vocabulary 

A helpful way of practicing your Chinese is by writing a journal or diary, or just sharing about your day to someone. In this article, you will learn basic words and phrases to describe your daily routine and schedule. Once you learn how simple phrases and words that describe your daily routine, it conversational Chinese will become easy for you.

Here are words that relate to describing your daily routine as well as its grammar structure.

Chinese Daily Routine Vocabulary

Chinese Days of the Week Vocabulary

Let's start with the days of the week so you could clearly express your schedule in Chinese. 

Time of the Day in Chinese

黎明 (límíng) or 破晓 (fúxiǎo) is used to indicate that it's the time the sun rises. 早上 (zǎoshàng) is used to indicate that it's early morning after dawn. 上午 (shàngwǔ) is used to indicate that it's before lunch. 下午 (xiàwǔ) is used to indicate that it's after lunch. 傍晚 (bàngwǎn) or 黄昏 (huánghūn) is used to indicate that it's the time the sun sets or goes down.午夜 (wǔyè) is used to indicate that it's in the middle of the night. 夜间 (yèjiān) is used to indicate nighttime in general.

Daily Routine in Chinese

Grammar

In telling the time, it is very important to indicate the situation of the time; whether it’s in the morning, noon, afternoon, evening, etc. That indicator is placed before the actual time and 点 (diǎn) which means “o’clock”

Examples:

límíng  wǔ  diǎn

黎明  五  点

5:00 AM

zǎoshang shí diǎn

早上  十  点

10:00 AM

zhōngwǔ  shí'èr  diǎn

中午  十二  点

12:00 NN

xiàwǔ  liǎng  diǎn
下午  两  点
2:00 PM

wǎnshang  qī  diǎn
晚上  七  点
7:00 PM

When there is a time word that indicates “when” the action was done, the time word is placed at the beginning of the sentence. It can be before or after the subject but never after the place and verb.

SBJ + TIME (WHEN) + PLACE* + VERB
OR
TIME (WHEN) + SBJ + PLACE* + VERB

*Place here can be omitted (depending on your sentence)

zǎoshang  bā  diǎn  wǒ  qǐchuáng
早上  八  点  我 起床
I get up at 8 o'clock in the morning.

wǒ  xiàwǔ  yīdiǎn  chī  wǔfàn
我  下午  一点  吃  午饭
I eat lunch at 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

wǎnshang  jiǔ  diǎn  dìdi  wán  diànzǐyóuxì
晚上  九  点  弟弟  玩  电子游戏
Younger brother plays videogames at 9 o'clock in the evening.

wǎnshang  shí  diǎn  wǒmen  shuìjiào
晚上  十  点  我们  睡觉
We go to sleep at 10 o'clock in the evening.

zhōngwǔ  shí'èr  diǎn  wǒmen  mǎi  fàn

中午  十二  点  我们  买  饭
We buy food at 12 noon.

When adding the day and time in a sentence, the day in the sentence comes before the time.

SBJ + DAY + TIME (WHEN) + PLACE* + VERB
OR
DAY + TIME (WHEN) + SBJ + PLACE* + VERB

*Place here can be omitted (depending on your sentence)

Examples:

Xīngqīrì  zǎoshang  māma  qù  chāoshì
星期日  早上  妈妈  去  超市
Mother goes to the market on Sunday morning.

wǒ  jīntiān  zǎoshang  qī  diǎn  shàngbān
我  今天  早上  七  点  上班
Today, I will go to work at 7 o'clock in the morning.

zuótiān  xiàwǔ  wǒmen  qù  shēngrì  jùhuì
昨天  下午  我们  去  生日  聚会
We went to a birthday party yesterday afternoon.

míngtiān   wǎnshang  bā  diǎn  tāmen  huì  kàn  diànyǐng
明天  晚上  八  点  他们  会  看  电影
They will watch a movie tomorrow at 8 o'clock in the evening.

Practice time!

You can practice these words by sharing how your day was just like how you would write it in a journal. Do this every day and surely your Chinese will definitely improve.
Here’s an example of a “diary entry”:

Hanzi:
今天早上七点我起床。上午我有会议。下午四点我会下班。晚上我做晚饭和吃晚饭。

Pinyin:
jīntiān zǎoshang qī diǎn wǒ qǐchuáng. Shàngwǔ wǒ yǒu huìyì. Xiàwǔ sì diǎn wǒ huì xiàbān. Wǎnshàng wǒ zuò wǎnfàn hé chī wǎnfàn.

Translation:
I got up at seven this morning. I have a meeting before lunch. I will get off work at four in the afternoon. In the evening I make dinner and eat dinner.

Now you try!
Keep practicing and enjoy learning Chinese!