下午

HSK level

Traditional form

下午 xiàwǔ

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí

下 xià

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally a small line or dot below a longer line, indicating "down". The vertical line was added to distinguish the character from 二 èr (two).

Positional decomposition

⿱一卜

Number of Strokes

3

午 wǔ

Explanation

Pictograph of a pestle used for pounding rice, now written as 杵 chǔ . The current meaning "noon" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

⿻丿干

Number of Strokes

4

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下午 xiàwǔ 天气 tiānqì 转 zhuǎn 冷 Lěng 了 le .

It turned chilly in the afternoon.

星期四 Xīng qī sì 下午 xiàwǔ 两 liǎng 点 diǎn 有 yǒu 两堂课 kè 是 shì 冲突 chōngtū 的 de .

There is a clash between two classes at 2 p.m. on Thursday.

似乎 sìhū 今天 jīntiān 下午 xiàwǔ 要 yāo 转 zhuǎn 晴 qíng .

It looks as if it were going to be fine this afternoon.

我 wǒ 觉得 juéde 下午 xiàwǔ 天气 tiānqì 要 yāo 转 zhuǎn 晴 qíng .

The weather will clear up this afternoon, I think.

下午 xiàwǔ 我 wǒ 跟 gēn 我 wǒ 的 de 阿姨 āyí 和 hé 老 lǎo 妈 mā 逛 guàng 街 jiē 去 qù 了 le .

I went shopping with my mum and aunty today.

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 下午 xiàwǔ and their own compounds.

下 xià

一 yī , 卜 bo

午 wǔ

十 shí , ?

See all 28 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 下午 xiàwǔ in their composition.

下 xià

吓 hè , 虾 xiā , 忑 tè , 乤 xx , 峠 xx , 閇 bì , 圷, 垰, 挊 nòng , 桛, 梺, 疜, 芐, 裃, 雫, 鞐, 颪

午 wǔ

许 Xǔ

浒 hǔ

杵 chǔ , 忤 wǔ , 仵 wǔ , 啎 wǔ , 迕 wù , 吘, 旿, 汻, 玝, 許 xǔ

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