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昨天 zuótiān

昨天 zuótiān Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 昨天 zuótiān .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zuótiān | zuo2 tian1
English translation
yesterday

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Traditional form

昨天 zuótiān

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí
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Etymology of 昨天 zuótiān

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zuó

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhà represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

zhà

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

日乍

Number of Strokes

9
tiān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a line above a person, representing the sky.

Positional decomposition

一大

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 昨天 zuótiān

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zhēn gòu guài de , 昨天 zuótiān 遇见 yù jiàn le .

Curiously enough, I, too, met him yesterday.

因为 yīnwèi 天气 tiānqì zhuǎn qíng ,昨天 zuótiān 短途出游 chū yóu 进入 jìn rù 高峰 gāofēng .

Because the weather turned fine yesterday, also entered the peak short - distance travel.

昨天 zuótiān 递上 le 辞呈 cí chéng .

He gave in his resignation yesterday.

昨天 zuótiān chī le 顿很 bàng de 晚饭 wǎn fàn .

I had a wonderful supper yesterday.

昨天 zuótiān shè le 许多 xǔduō 棉花 miánhua .

She picked a lot of cotton yesterday.

昨天 zuótiān Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 昨天 zuótiān and their own compounds.

昨天 zuótiān Compounds

See all 127 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 昨天 zuótiān in their composition.

  • zuó
  • tiān
    • Guān
      • sòng
        • xx ,
      • juǎn
        • juān , juàn , quán , quǎn , quán , quān , quán , juǎn , quán , , , , , , , , , quǎn , , , , ,
      • quán
      • Zhèng
      • juàn
        • ,
      • téng
        • téng ,
      • juǎn
        • quān , juǎn
      • téng
      • juàn
      • téng
      • juàn
      • téng
      • juàn
        • yìng , yàng , , , yǎng , ,
      • juàn
        • , , lèi
      • lián , téng , quàn , zhèn , , huàn , guān , chéng , quān , zhèn , téng , shèng , juàn , xiǎng , dài , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • zòu
      • , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • hào
    • guǐ
      • kuí , kuí , kuí , kuí , kuí , kuí , què , kuí , , , , , , ,
    • tūn , cán , wěng , xiān , , , , , ,
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