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The Chinese word zuotian - 昨天 - zuótiān
(yesterday in Chinese)



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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

zuótiān

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English translation

yesterday

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Chinese characters  ( zuotian / zuótiān ) with pronunciation (English translation: yesterday )

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昨天 ( zuotian / zuótiān ) is composed of these characters: (zuo) , (tian)
The traditional Chinese characters of zuótiān are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
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Zuotian feichang leng.
Zuótiān fēicháng lĕng.
 – English translation: It was very cold yesterday.

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day  |  tomorrow
昨天 ( zuotian / zuótiān ) belongs to the 1000 most common composed words in Chinese language (rank 630)
More words that mean yesterday in Chinese
zuó ( 昨 )

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