明天

míngtiān

tomorrow

Type: NounsHSK 1
Character origin

明 (bright, tomorrow) + 天 (day). The bright day to come is 'tomorrow'. 明 also appears in 明白 (to understand, literally 'white and bright').

Did you know?

For 'next year' you say 明年. 'Next week' is 下星期. 明天见 is a very common goodbye: 'see you tomorrow'.

Radicals it's made of
sun
yuèmoon or flesh
one
big
Example sentence

明天见。

Míngtiān jiàn.

See you tomorrow.

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