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下午

xià wǔ

HSK 1 2-character word Measure word 个

What 下午 means

1. afternoon
2. p.m.

The characters in 下午

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 午wǔ7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of…

Example sentences

• 下午好。
  Good afternoon.
• 下午四点。
  At four o'clock in the afternoon.
• 下午我不在家。
  I'll be absent from home in the afternoon.
• 你下午有空吗?
  Are you free in the afternoon?
• 您下午做啥呢？
  So what will you do in the afternoon?
• 我下午去卖车。
  I'm going to go sell my car this afternoon.

Words starting with 下午

• 下午好xià wǔ hǎo(greeting) good afternoon
• 下午茶xià wǔ cháafternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)