昨天zuó tiānyesterday
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.
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?
How is 昨天 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
你昨天做什么了?
Nǐ zuótiān zuò shénme le?
What did you do yesterday?
- 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.
- Speaker A:
电影好看吗?
Diànyǐng hǎokàn ma?
Was the movie good?
- 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.
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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.