"昨天" meaning in Chinese

See 昨天 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡so²¹ tʰiɛn⁵⁵/ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɔːk̚³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɔːk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/, /t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³/, /t͡so²¹ tʰiɛn⁵⁵/, /t͡sɔːk̚³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/, /t͡sɔːk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵/, /zoʔ¹¹ tʰi²³/, /zo²² tʰi⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: zuótiān [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄗㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], zo² tian¹ [Chengdu, Mandarin, Pinyin, Sichuanese], zok³ tin¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], zok⁶ tin¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ⁸zoq-thi; ⁶zo-thi, zuótiān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], zuótian [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄗㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄗㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄊㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], zuótiån [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], tso²-tʻien⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], dzwó-tyan [Mandarin, Yale], tzwo.tian [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цзотянь [Mandarin, Palladius], czotjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], zo tian [Chengdu, Latinxua-Sin-Wenz, Mandarin], jok tīn [Cantonese, Yale], johk tīn [Cantonese, Yale], dzok⁸ tin¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], dzok⁹ tin¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], zog³ tin¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], zog⁶ tin¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ⁸zoq-thi; ⁶zo-thi [Wu], zoh^入 thi; zo^去 thi [Wu], ⁵zoq-thi; ³zo-thi [Wu], /zoʔ¹¹ tʰi²³/ [Wu], /zo²² tʰi⁴⁴/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 昨天
  1. yesterday Categories (topical): Past Synonyms: 一日 (yīrì) [literary]

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          "ref": "昨天發生了一件可笑的事。 [MSC, trad.]",
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      "zh-pron": "tso²-tʻien⁵"
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      "zh-pron": "dzwó-tyan"
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      "zh-pron": "jok tīn"
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      "zh-pron": "johk tīn"
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      "zh-pron": "dzok⁸ tin¹"
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      "zh-pron": "dzok⁹ tin¹"
    },
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    {
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡su̯ɔ³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡so²¹ tʰiɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚³ tʰiːn⁵⁵/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡sɔːk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵/"
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      "roman": "yīrì",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "一日"
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