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后天

hòu tiān

HSK 3.0 · Level 1 Traditional 後天

Meaning

Built from 2 characters (后 + 天), 后天 reads hòu tiān and sits in HSK 3.0 Level 1.

  1. the day after tomorrow
  2. life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1])
  3. acquired (not innate or congenital)
  4. a posteriori

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HSK 1 words — those sharing a character with 后天 come first.

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
白天 bái tiān daytime; during the day; day; CL:個|个[ge4] 1
天气 tiān qì weather 1
明天 míng tiān tomorrow 1
前天 qián tiān the day before yesterday 1
半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair; CL:個|个[ge4] 1
星期天 Xīng qī tiān Sunday 1
后边 hòu bian the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards 1
今天 jīn tiān today; the present time; now 1

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