<p>&quot;after 9 o'clock&quot; is 九点后. It can be 9:01 or 11:00 and even later</p>
<p>For example, If you go to a restaurant at 10:05 you could be told 九点后不供应酒精饮料  (No alcoholic beverages served after nine o'clock)</p>
<p>&quot;九点多&quot; means little later than 9:00 but not past 9:30 which is &quot;九点
半&quot; and definitely not past 10:00</p>
<p>九点左右 (around 9:00) could be 8:55 or 9:05 (not past 9:30)</p>

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Tang Ho
<p>应该9点多吧 - should be a little beyond 9 o'clock.</p>
<p>The answerer saw the event at the approximate time. it lacked certainty as he/she didn't check the clock/watch, but a recall from memory.</p>
<p>The actual time could turn out to be earlier or much later than 9 o'clock.</p>

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r13
<p>I'm reading a random book from the library, which contains:</p>
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<p>阿紫：“昨天晚上他几点出去的，你知道吗？”<br />
我：“<strong>应该9点多吧</strong>，和一个很像僵尸的人一起出去的。”<br />
<sub>仲尼，<em>谢谢你曾来过我的世界</em>, 2017, pp.11-12.</sub></p>
</blockquote>
<p>I'm skeptical that 应该9点多吧 is grammatical.  Clearly it means &quot;after 9 o'clock&quot;, but my 语感 is suspicious about using 多 instead of 以后 or 之后.  I don't recall ever seeing that before.</p>
<p><strong>Question</strong>: Is 应该9点多吧 a correct way of saying &quot;after 9 o'clock&quot;?</p>

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"9点多"is how we would say "a little pass 9" in English.  "after 9 o'clock" would be  九点后.
Wayne Cheah
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Is 应该9点多吧 a correct way of saying "after 9 o'clock"?
# Is 应该9点多吧 a correct way of saying "after 9 o'clock"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-02-08)

I'm reading a random book from the library, which contains:

> 阿紫：“昨天晚上他几点出去的，你知道吗？”  
> 我：“**应该9点多吧**，和一个很像僵尸的人一起出去的。”  
> 仲尼，*谢谢你曾来过我的世界*, 2017, pp.11-12.

I'm skeptical that 应该9点多吧 is grammatical. Clearly it means "after 9 o'clock", but my 语感 is suspicious about using 多 instead of 以后 or 之后. I don't recall ever seeing that before.

**Question**: Is 应该9点多吧 a correct way of saying "after 9 o'clock"?

**Tags:** grammar

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "9点多"is how we would say "a little pass 9" in English.  "after 9 o'clock" would be  九点后.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2022-02-08. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

"after 9 o'clock" is 九点后. It can be 9:01 or 11:00 and even later

For example, If you go to a restaurant at 10:05 you could be told 九点后不供应酒精饮料 (No alcoholic beverages served after nine o'clock)

"九点多" means little later than 9:00 but not past 9:30 which is "九点
半" and definitely not past 10:00

九点左右 (around 9:00) could be 8:55 or 9:05 (not past 9:30)


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### Answer by username_3 on 2022-02-08. Score: 2

应该9点多吧 - should be a little beyond 9 o'clock.

The answerer saw the event at the approximate time. it lacked certainty as he/she didn't check the clock/watch, but a recall from memory.

The actual time could turn out to be earlier or much later than 9 o'clock.


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