明天
míngtiān
tomorrow
Part of speech · noun
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明bright
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Examples
- 我们明天见。See you tomorrow.
- 明天有时间吗?Are you free tomorrow?
Collocations
明天见后天明天早上
Mnemonic
明 míng "bright" + 天 "day" — etymologically "the bright day to come". Compare 明天 (Chinese) ↔ 明日 (Japanese ashita) ↔ Korean naeil (native). Same logic, divergent surface.
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