下午 xiàwǔ▶ tarde

Stroke order

下午 is written in 7 strokes across 2 characters.

• 下 — 3 strokes
• 午 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. afternoon
2. p.m.

Example sentences

• 下午他去工作。Xiàwǔ tā qù gōngzuò.He goes to work in the afternoon.
• 下午我看电视。Xiàwǔ wǒ kàn diànshì.I watch TV in the afternoon.

Related words

• 下abajo
• 上午mañana
• 下雨lluvia; llover
• 中午mediodía
• 一下en breve
• 下载descargar

下午 is pronounced xiàwǔ and means “tarde”. HSK 1 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 下午 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.