afternoon
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
afternoon; the latter half of a day
dialectCommonly used in northern Chinese dialects. Often pronounced with an erhua suffix (下半天儿) in colloquial speech.
Jīn今
tiān天
xià下
bàn半
tiān天
wǒ我
yào要
qù去
tú图
shū书
guǎn馆
kàn看
shū书
。
I'm going to the library to read books this afternoon.
Xià下
bàn半
tiān天
r儿
de的
shí时
hou候
，
tiān天
qì气
tū突
rán然
biàn变
liáng凉
le了
。
The weather suddenly turned cool in the afternoon.
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Shàng上
bàn半
tiān天
gàn干
huó活
，
xià下
bàn半
tiān天
xiū休
xi息
。
Work in the morning and rest in the afternoon.