Chinese Word: 昨 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

昨HSK 1

Pinyin: zuó

English Definition: yesterday

Chinese Definition:
①今天的前一天，亦泛指过去：昨天。觉今是而昨非(感到现在这样是对的，过去是错误的)。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 日

Pictophonetic: 乍 indicates the sound; 日 (day) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 日 [ rì ] sun; day; daytime
- 乍 [ zhà ] first time, for the first time, suddenly

Similar Characters: 咋阼胙作诈炸

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昨天	zuó tiān	yesterday	HSK 1
昨晚	zuó wǎn	yesterday evening; last night
昨日	zuó rì	yesterday
昨夜	zuó yè	last night
昨儿	zuó r	(coll.) yesterday

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1		zuó wǎn 昨晚 dì zhèn 地震 le 了。 There was an earthquake last night.
2		zuó tiān 昨天 méi yǒu 没有 shàng kè 上课。 There was no class yesterday.
3		zuó tiān 昨天 tiān qì 天气 hěn hǎo 很好。 The weather was very nice yesterday.
4		zuó tiān 昨天 zhōng yú 终于 xià yǔ 下雨 le 了 It finally rained yesterday.
5		zuó tiān 昨天 nǐ 你 qù 去 nǎ lǐ 哪里 le 了？ Where did you go yesterday?

1		zuó wǎn 昨晚 dì zhèn 地震 le 了。 There was an earthquake last night.
2		zuó tiān 昨天 méi yǒu 没有 shàng kè 上课。 There was no class yesterday.
3		zuó tiān 昨天 tiān qì 天气 hěn hǎo 很好。 The weather was very nice yesterday.
4		zuó tiān 昨天 zhōng yú 终于 xià yǔ 下雨 le 了 It finally rained yesterday.
5		zuó tiān 昨天 nǐ 你 qù 去 nǎ lǐ 哪里 le 了？ Where did you go yesterday?