昨天

zuótiān

yesterday

Type: NounsHSK 1
Character origin

昨 (radical 日 + 乍) + 天 (day). The day of yesterday.

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The opposite of 明天. The particle 了 often goes with 昨天 when talking about past actions: '昨天我去了' (yesterday I went).

Radicals it's made of
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zhàsuddenly
one
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Example sentence

昨天我去了学校。

Zuótiān wǒ qù le xuéxiào.

Yesterday I went to school.

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