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Mythic Mandarin

明天 (míng tiān): meaning and stroke order

明天 (míng tiān) means tomorrow.

明天

Simplified
明天
Traditional
明天 (same form)
Pinyin
míng tiān

Stroke order of 明天

明

  • Míng Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming
  • míng bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

天

  • tiān day; sky
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 明天

  1. míng tiān
    • tomorrow

Radicals of the characters

明
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 8 strokes · 日 on the left, 月 on the right
天
Radical 大 (Kangxi radical 37) · 4 strokes · 一 on top, 大 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

明天 in our stories

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  • 面条很好吃，大卫明天也来！

    miàntiáo hěn hǎochī Dàwèi míngtiān yě lái

    The noodles are delicious; David will come again tomorrow!

    From the story At the restaurant HSK 1

  • 老爷爷说：“明天来我家吃饭吧，我请你吃羊肉泡馍！”

    lǎoyéye shuō míngtiān lái wǒ jiā chī fàn ba wǒ qǐng nǐ chī yángròu pàomó

    The old man says, "Come to my home for a meal tomorrow. The lamb soup is on me!"

    From the story The train to Xi'an HSK 3

  • 要是以前，邓强一定会跟她争几句；可是这次，他只是点点头，说：“谢谢，明天您再来尝尝。”

    yàoshi yǐqián Dèng Qiáng yídìng huì gēn tā zhēng jǐ jù kěshì zhè cì tā zhǐshì diǎn diǎn tóu shuō xièxie míngtiān nín zài lái chángchang

    In the old days Deng Qiang would certainly have argued. This time he just nodded: "Thank you. Come and try it again tomorrow."

    From the story A second chance HSK 5

Where you learn it

明天 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 1 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.

Stories using 明天

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).