Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
Watch how each character of 下午 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
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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