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昨天 (zuó tiān): Meaning, Examples & Usage | HSK 1

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昨天 (zuó tiān): Yesterday (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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2.

Character Breakdown

昨天 consists of 2 characters.

sky, heaven, or the celestial realm

Word Info

Pinyinzuó tiān

Meaningyesterday

Characters2

HSK 2.0Level 1

HSK 3.0Level 1

SyntaxNoun

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HSK 1 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 昨天.

女儿nǚ érdaughter
怎么zěn mehow?
一点儿yī diǎn era bit
衣服yī fuclothes
妈妈mā mamother
上午shàng wǔmorning
打电话dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
电脑diàn nǎocomputer
先生xiān shengMr; Sir
下午xià wǔafternoon
医院yī yuànhospital
椅子yǐ zichair

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 昨天.

Words with 天

今天jīn tiānHSK 1
天气tiān qìHSK 1
明天míng tiānHSK 1
白天bái tiānHSK 1
星期天Xīng qī tiānHSK 1
冬天dōng tiānHSK 3

3.

How to Use 昨天 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 昨天 with other words naturally.

Noun + Verb + 的with买

zuó昨

tiān天

mǎi买

de的

neutral

bought yesterday

Noun + 的 + Nounwith事

zuó昨

tiān天

de的

shì事

Preposition + Nounwith在

zài在

zuó昨

tiān天

neutral

on yesterday

Noun + Nounwith下午

zuó昨

tiān天

xià下

wǔ午

4.

Example Sentences with 昨天

zuó昨

tiān天

tiān天

qì气

hěn很

hǎo好

。

前天

qián tiān

HSK 3

半天bàn tiānHSK 3

neutral

yesterday's matter

neutral

yesterday afternoon

The weather was very good yesterday.

zuó昨

tiān天

shì是

xīng星

qī期

yī一

。

Yesterday was Monday.

wǒ我

zuó昨

tiān天

qù去

gōng公

yuán园

le了

。

I went to the park yesterday.

zuó昨

tiān天

de的

huì会

yì议

nǐ你

cān参

jiā加

le了

ma吗

？

Did you attend the meeting yesterday?

wǒ我

zuó昨

tiān天

méi没

yǒu有

wán完

chéng成

zuò作

yè业

。

I didn't finish my homework yesterday.

wǒ我

zuó昨

tiān天

qù去

gōng公

yuán园

wán玩

le了

。

I went to the park to play yesterday.

zuó昨

tiān天

xià下

wǔ午

，

wǒ我

men们

tǎo讨

lùn论

le了

xīn新

jì计

huà划

。

We discussed the new plan yesterday afternoon.

zuó昨

tiān天

mǎi买

de的

píng苹

guǒ果

hěn很

xīn新

xiān鲜

。

The apples bought yesterday are very fresh.

zuó昨

tiān天

tiān天

qì气

hěn很

hǎo好

，

suǒ所

yǐ以

wǒ我

men们

jué决

dìng定

qù去

pá爬

shān山

。

The weather was very nice yesterday, so we decided to go hiking.

zuó昨

tiān天

wǒ我

yù遇

jiàn见

le了

yí一

wèi位

lǎo老

péng朋

yǒu友

。

I met an old friend yesterday.