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昨天zuó tiānyesterday

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昨天 (zuó tiān) means "yesterday." It appears in 我昨天去看了一个电影。 (I went to see a movie yesterday.) and 昨天的天气很好。 (The weather was very nice yesterday.) In the dialogue, A asks what B did yesterday, B says B saw a movie with a friend, and A asks whether it was good.

What does 昨天 mean?

  1. 1.

    yesterdaynoun

What do the characters in 昨天 mean?

  • 昨yesterday
  • 天day

How do you use 昨天?

Goes before or after the subject: 我昨天…, 昨天的天气.

What are some examples of 昨天 in a sentence?

  1. 我昨天去看了一个电影。

    Wǒ zuótiān qù kàn le yí ge diànyǐng.

    I went to see a movie yesterday.

  2. 昨天的天气很好。

    Zuótiān de tiānqì hěn hǎo.

    The weather was very nice yesterday.

How is 昨天 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    你昨天做什么了?

    Nǐ zuótiān zuò shénme le?

    What did you do yesterday?

  2. Speaker B:

    我和朋友去看电影了。

    Wǒ hé péngyou qù kàn diànyǐng le.

    I went to see a movie with a friend.

  3. Speaker A:

    电影好看吗?

    Diànyǐng hǎokàn ma?

    Was the movie good?

  4. Speaker B:

    很好看,你也去看看吧。

    Hěn hǎokàn, nǐ yě qù kànkan ba.

    It was great. You should go see it too.

Can you use 昨天 correctly?

0 of 3 answered
  1. 1.Fill in the blank (yesterday): 我___去看了一个电影。 (I went to see a movie yesterday.)
  2. 2.What does 昨天的天气很好。 mean?
  3. 3.Which word means "yesterday"?

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.