第二天

dì-èr tiān

noun

Meanings

1 the next day
2 the following day
3 the second day (of a trip, event)

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

我们晚上到的北京，第二天就去了长城。

Wǒmen wǎnshang dào de Běijīng, dì-èr tiān jiù qù le Chángchéng.

We arrived in Beijing in the evening and went to the Great Wall the next day.

HSK 5

半夜下起了大雪，第二天早上，整个城市都白了。

Bànyè xiàqǐ le dàxuě, dì-èr tiān zǎoshang, zhěnggè chéngshì dōu bái le.

Heavy snow began falling at midnight, and by the next morning the whole city was white.

Tips

usage

明天 counts from today; 第二天 counts from the day you are talking about, so it is the word for stories and past events. Written and formal Chinese says 次日 or 翌日.

Stroke Order

第 dì

二 èr

天 tiān