後日 (hau6 jat6 | hou4 ri4) : day after tomorrow

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後日

hau6 jat6

hou4 ri4

day after tomorrow | Std. Chin. also '後天'

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 2,200,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

後日

This word was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

後 hau6 - behind; come after
日 jat6 - sun; day

1 compounds containing this word:

大後日 - in three days time

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王先生後日就返啦。粵
Mr. Wong will be coming back the day after tomorrow.

你後日係咪游水粵
Are you going swimming the day after tomorrow?
[This is just a simple yes-no question. You can replace the verb-object pair with anything you like.]

你後日係咪去游水粵
Are you still going swimming with me, the day after tomorrow?
[Note that the inclusion of 去 here implies that you've already made an appointment to go with someone and you're confirming (你想確定). The swimming pool is far away from both of you.]

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