八點半開始上課。

Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 八點 bādiǎn eight o'clock
2 半 bàn
  1. half
  2. semi-
  3. incomplete
  4. (after a number) and a half
3 開始 kāishǐ
  1. to begin
  2. beginning
  3. to start
  4. initial

classifier: 個
4 上課 shàngkè
  1. to go to class
  2. to attend class
  3. to go to teach a class