昨天 zuótiān — yesterday

Meanings

1. 1

   yesterday

   The day before today. Chinese verbs do not change for the past, so a time word such as 昨天 — often with 了 on the verb — is what places the action behind you.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 天

  tiān (first tone, high and level)

  sky, heaven; day; weather (天气)

  4 strokes⿱一大Radical 大

Example sentences

• 昨天我没有去学校。/昨天我沒有去學校。Zuótiān (second tone, rising) wǒ (third tone, dipping) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) qù (fourth tone, falling) xuéxiào. (second tone, rising)···

  I didn’t go to school yesterday.

• 昨天的天气很冷。/昨天的天氣很冷。Zuótiān (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) tiānqì (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) lěng. (third tone, dipping)···

  The weather was cold yesterday.

Similar words

Words containing 天

• 天tiān (first tone, high and level)day
• 今天jīntiān (first tone, high and level)today
• 明天míngtiān (second tone, rising)tomorrow
• 天气/天氣tiānqì (first tone, high and level)weather
• 聊天liáotiān (second tone, rising)to chat, to make conversation
• 夏天xià (fourth tone, falling) tiān (first tone, high and level)summer
• 天堂tiān (first tone, high and level) táng (second tone, rising)paradise
• 冬天dōng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)winter
• 天空tiān (first tone, high and level) kōng (first tone, high and level)sky
• 天使tiān (first tone, high and level) shǐ (third tone, dipping)angel
• 整天zhěng (third tone, dipping) tiān (first tone, high and level)all day long
• 当天/當天dāng (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)on that day
• 白天bái (second tone, rising) tiān (first tone, high and level)daytime
• 天下tiān (first tone, high and level) xià (fourth tone, falling)land under heaven
• 春天chūn (first tone, high and level) tiān (first tone, high and level)spring (season)
• 天才tiān (first tone, high and level) cái (second tone, rising)talent
• 天生tiān (first tone, high and level) shēng (first tone, high and level)nature