(míng tiān) - tomorrow in Mandarin
míngtiānTraditional: 明天
Translation
tomorrow
Word origin
明天 (míngtiān) 'tomorrow' joins 明 'bright; next' with 天 'day', so the day that next dawns. 明 combines 日 'sun' and 月 'moon'; 天 shows a person (大) under the heavens.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 明 (bright, next: 日 + 月) + 天 (day)
Stroke order
明
天
Examples
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See you tomorrow.
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What will the weather be like tomorrow?
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I will go tomorrow.
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Tomorrow we're going to climb the mountain.
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Tomorrow's weather will be very cold.
明天 (míng tiān) means tomorrow. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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(4)Grammar articles
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Mandarin Grammar Cheatsheet: The Essentials, One Page
Mandarin Verb Conjugation: Why It Doesn't Exist and What Replaces It
Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses
The Two 了 in Mandarin: Completion 了 After the Verb vs Change-of-State 了 at the End
Mandarin Modal Verbs: 会, 想, 要, 应该, 可以, 能 and the Future-Intent Words 打算, 准备
Mandarin Negation: 不 (bù) vs 没 (méi), and Why 不有 Does Not Exist
Mandarin Numbers, Time, Dates, and Currency: From 1 to 1,000,000, the 二/两 Split, and Time-Before-Verb
Mandarin Potential Complements: Can You Reach the Result? (吃得完, 听不懂, 买不起)
Mandarin Question Formation: 吗, V-Not-V, 还是, and the In-Situ Wh-Word System
The Mandarin 是…的 (shì...de) Construction: Highlighting When, Where, and How Something Happened
Topic-Comment Structure in Mandarin: Fronting 这本书我看过 and Why Word Order Bends
Mandarin Word Order: SVO, Topic-Comment, and the 把 Construction That Reorders Everything
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