昨日

Cantonese

Hanzi

昨日 (Yale jok3 yat6)

1. yesterday

Synonyms

• 尋日, 昨天

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
昨	日

Etymology

kinopu > kinoɸu > *kinowu > kinou > kinoː.

Noun

昨日 (hiragana きのう, romaji kinō, historical hiragana きのふ)

1. yesterday

   昨日、東京は曇りでしたか。

   きのう、とうきょうはくもりでしたか。

   Kinō, tōkyō wa kumori deshita ka.

   Was it cloudy in Tokyo yesterday?

Noun

昨日 (hiragana さくじつ, romaji sakujitsu)

1. yesterday

Noun

昨日 (hiragana きそ, romaji kiso)

1. last night
2. yesterday

Derived terms

一昨日 (おととい, ototoi) the day before yesterday

昨日今日

Antonyms

• 明日 (あした, ashita) tomorrow

References

• The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. ISBN 0-19-860197-2

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

昨日

Noun

昨日 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin zuórì)

1. (literary) yesterday

Synonyms

• 昨天

References

• "昨日" (in Mandarin). Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-11-23.
• 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778: