How to say “afternoon” in Chinese
afternoon
“Afternoon” in Chinese is 下午, xià wǔ: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
下午 is read xià wǔ: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
A stroke under a line.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “下午”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 下午. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 明天下午三点。míngtiānxiàwǔsāndiǎnTomorrow at 3 p.m.
- 我们星期六下午见吧wǒmenxīngqīliùxiàwǔjiànbaLet's meet on Saturday afternoon.
- 我们下午四点放学。wǒmenxiàwǔsìdiǎnfàngxuéWe get out of school at four in the afternoon.
- 我们下午三点开会。wǒmenxiàwǔsāndiǎnkāihuìWe have a meeting at three in the afternoon.
- 整个下午我都在开会zhěnggèxiàwǔwǒdōuzàikāihuìI was in a meeting the whole afternoon.
- 我下午要出去办事wǒxiàwǔyàochūqùbànshìThis afternoon I need to go out and run some errands.
More words from the lesson “Morning, afternoon, evening”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “afternoon” in Chinese?
“Afternoon” in Chinese is 下午, pinyin xiàwǔ.
What does 下午 mean?
下午 (xiàwǔ) means “afternoon”.
How do you write 下午?
下午 is 2 characters: 下 (xià) — below, under; 午 (wǔ) — noon. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 下午?
下午 is read xiàwǔ. Tones: xià — fourth tone, wǔ — third tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“afternoon” in the lesson “Morning, afternoon, evening”
This word is from the topic “Time and the day” of HSK 1. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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