In Chinese, the order when telling the time is from big to small,i.e. year,month,day,week,in the morning,o'clock,minute. For example :

2012 nián 5 yuè 29 rì  xīng qī èr  xià wǔ 3diǎn 40  fēn
2012   年    5 月   29日  星   期 二  下  午 3  点   40      分 

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