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下午
xiàwǔ
1. afternoon
2. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
3. p.m.
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 2%

Character Breakdown

下
xià
below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
HSK 1 3 丶
午
wǔ
noon; 7th terrestrial branch
HSK 1 4 丶

Example Sentences (10)

下午你想做什么？
xiàwǔ nǐ xiǎng zuò shénme?
What do you want to do this afternoon?
Text 2
我们下午去看电影，好吗？
Wǒmen xiàwǔ qù kàn diànyǐng, hǎo ma?
Shall we go see a movie this afternoon?
Text 1
今天下午我没有时间，明天下午去吧。
Jīntiān xiàwǔ wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān, míngtiān xiàwǔ qù ba.
I don't have time this afternoon. Let's go tomorrow afternoon.
Text 1
今天下午我没有时间，明天下午去吧。
Jīntiān xiàwǔ wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān, míngtiān xiàwǔ qù ba.
I don't have time this afternoon. Let's go tomorrow afternoon.
Text 1
下午我想去商店。
Xiàwǔ wǒ xiǎng qù shāngdiàn.
In the afternoon, I want to go to the store.
Text 2
下午五点。
Xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn.
5 p.m.
Text 2
这些我昨天下午就准备好了。
zhèxiē wǒ zuótiān xiàwǔ jiù zhǔnbèi hǎo le.
I had these ready yesterday afternoon.
Text 4
他出去了。你下午再来吧。
Tā chūqù le. Nǐ xiàwǔ zài lái ba.
He went out. Come back this afternoon.
Text 1
下午我们一起去踢足球吧。
xiàwǔ wǒmen yìqǐ qù tī zúqiú ba.
Let's go play soccer together this afternoon.
Text 2
明天下午怎么样？你明天几点能回来？
míngtiān xiàwǔ zěnme yàng? nǐ míngtiān jǐ diǎn néng huí lái?
How about tomorrow afternoon? What time can you come back tomorrow?
Text 3

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
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