yesterday (dialect)
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
yesterday (Northern Chinese dialect)
dialectA colloquial term used in Northern Chinese dialects (e.g., Shandong, Beijing, Hebei), often pronounced with erhua as 'yèr ge'. The '儿' indicates the retroflex/rhotic ending on the preceding syllable.
Yè夜
er儿
ge个
wǒ我
qù去
gǎn赶
jí集
le了
，
mǎi买
le了
bù不
shǎo少
dōng东
xi西
。
I went to the market yesterday and bought quite a few things.
Nǐ你
yè夜
er儿
ge个
wǎn晚
shang上
qù去
nǎr哪
le儿
Wǒ了
？
zěn我
me怎
méi么
kàn没
dào看
nǐ到
你
。
Where did you go yesterday evening? I didn't see you.
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Yè夜
er儿
ge个
de的
tiān天
qì气
bǐ比
jīn今
er儿
ge个
hǎo好
duō多
le了
。
Yesterday's weather was much better than today's.