(měi tiān) - every day in Mandarin
měitiānTraditional: 每天
Translation
every day
Word origin
每天 (měi tiān) 'every day' joins 每 'each, every' with 天 'day, sky'. 天 is an ideograph showing a person (大) with the heavens marked above the head.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 每 (every) + 天 (day, sky)
Stroke order
每
天
Examples
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I go to work every day.
八。
She works eight hours every day.
。
Every morning he drinks coffee.
八。
He works eight hours every day.
。
I drink two cups of tea every day.
Used in
Stories
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(4)Mandarin Aspect Markers: 了, 在/正在, 过 - the System That Replaces Tense
The Two 了 in Mandarin: Completion 了 After the Verb vs Change-of-State 了 at the End
Mandarin Numbers, Time, Dates, and Currency: From 1 to 1,000,000, the 二/两 Split, and Time-Before-Verb
Mandarin Word Order: SVO, Topic-Comment, and the 把 Construction That Reorders Everything
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