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What is a good way to indicate an object's position as related to a ship using a clock to indicate direction?

I don't know any characters. The answer in pinyin would be very helpful.

 

For example: There are three whale at 2 o'clock.

You san tiao jingyu zai liang dian zhong you fang xiang.  Is that correct?

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There are three whale at 2 o'clock.

liǎng diǎn zhōng fāng xiàng yǒu sān tiáo jīng yú。 OR   yǒu sān tiáo jīng yú zà iliǎng diǎn zhōng fāng xiàng 。

 

I've heard it from Chinese movies, usually said by soldiers or policemen. 

In Chinese, at × o'clock is “zài × diǎn zhōng fāng xiàng”。

 

 

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Thanks for the answers.  I work as a guide on ships and very often we have Chinese guests.  The easiest and most accurate way of telling everyone where wildlife is is to say something like, "there are whales at two o'clock"

It will be a very useful phrase.

thanks again.

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