下午 xià wǔ

afternoon

HSK 12 characters
Worksheet

How 下午 is written

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Example sentences

How 下午 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 今天下午下雨。

    jīn tiān xià wǔ xià yǔ

    This afternoon it is going to rain.

  • 下午我不在家。

    xià wǔ wǒ bù zài jiā

    I'll be absent from home in the afternoon.

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