后天
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
后天 (hòutiān) · day after tomorrow
后天 (hòutiān) means “day after tomorrow”. It is written with 2 characters: 后 (behind) + 天 (day). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 后天 is built
The characters
后 hòu · behind
What 后 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
天 tiān · day
What 天 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: The heavens 一 above a man 大 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
后天是我的生日。Hòutiān shì wǒ de shēngrì.The day after tomorrow is my birthday.
你后天有时间吗？Nǐ hòutiān yǒu shíjiān ma?Are you free the day after tomorrow?
Questions about 后天
What does 后天 mean?
后天 (hòutiān) means “day after tomorrow”.
How do you pronounce 后天?
后天 is pronounced hòutiān.
Which HSK level is 后天?
后天 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 后边hòubianbehind
- 最后zuìhòulast
- 后来hòuláilater
- 今后jīnhòufrom now on
- 然后ránhòuthen
- 以后yǐhòuafter
- 背后bèihòubehind
- 后果hòuguǒconsequence
- 后面hòumianbehind
- 后年hòuniánthe year after next
Learn 后天 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 13: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.