Writing
昨天 (zuótiān) — how to say "yesterday" in Chinese
昨天
Yesterday
noun
Character composition
昨
yesterday
天
day; sky
Radicals / Keys
大
Big
#37 · dà · 3 strokes
日
Sun
#72 · rì · 4 strokes
Collocations
昨天的事
zuótiān de shì
yesterday's matter
昨天下午
zuótiān xiàwǔ
yesterday afternoon
昨天早上
zuótiān zǎoshang
yesterday morning
Examples
昨天我想去北京看电影，我很高兴。
Yesterday I wanted to go to Beijing to watch a movie, I was very happy.
昨天我去北京
Yesterday I went to Beijing.
Mnemonic
[zuótiān-] Zorro, perched on a cloud 天 in the sky, reminisced about his 昨 adventures "yesterday" 🌥️. He carved a "Z" with his sword while thinking how 昨 day was spent among the heavens and stars, leaving behind a smoky trail across the sky.
Dates and years
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How to say yesterday in Mandarin?
"yesterday" in Chinese is 昨天 (zuótiān).
昨天 meaning in English
昨天 (zuótiān) means "Yesterday".
Yesterday in Chinese pinyin
It is pronounced zuótiān (written as zuotian). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "yesterday" in Chinese characters?
It is written 昨天: 昨 has 9 strokes, 天 has 4 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK level is 昨天?
昨天 belongs to the HSK 1 vocabulary list.
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