How to say it in Chinese

Afternoon in Chinese

afternoon · HSK 1

下午 xià wǔ

  1. 下 xià down
  2. 午 wǔ noon

Counted with 个: 一个下午 yí gè xiàwǔ

下午三点我们开会。 We have a meeting at three in the afternoon.

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How do you say afternoon in Chinese?

Afternoon in Chinese is 下午 (xià wǔ).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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