CHINESE WORD 230 · HSK 3.0 · LEVEL 1

下午 xiàwǔ

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MEANING · PINYIN · OFFICIAL WORD CLASS

What does 下午 mean in Chinese?

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SIMPLIFIED下午

Official syllabus record 下午 · entry 230.

TRADITIONAL下午

The traditional form is the same.

PINYIN + PART OF SPEECHxiàwǔ

名 · noun

1 LEARNING SENSE

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下午Usage 1 of 1
afternoonn. afternoon

下午我有课。

I have class in the afternoon.

CHARACTERS · VERIFIED LOCAL STROKES

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下3 strokesCHARACTER 1 OF 2Inspect and write 下

Verified local stroke-order data is available for this simplified character.

Open stroke order →
午4 strokesCHARACTER 2 OF 2Inspect and write 午

Verified local stroke-order data is available for this simplified character.

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