明天
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 1
明天 (míngtiān) · tomorrow
明天 (míngtiān) means “tomorrow”. It is written with 2 characters: 明 (bright) + 天 (day). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 明天 is built
The characters
明 míng · bright
What 明 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: The light of the sun 日 and moon 月 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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
明天是星期六。Míngtiān shì xīngqīliù.Tomorrow is Saturday.
我们明天去哪儿？Wǒmen míngtiān qù nǎr?Where are we going tomorrow?
Questions about 明天
What does 明天 mean?
明天 (míngtiān) means “tomorrow”.
How do you pronounce 明天?
明天 is pronounced míngtiān.
Which HSK level is 明天?
明天 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 1.
Related words
- 明白míngbaito understand
- 明年míngniánnext year
- 明星míngxīngstar
- 说明shuōmíngto explain
- 表明biǎomíngto show
- 发明fāmíngto invent
- 光明guāngmíngbright
- 明确míngquèclear
- 明显míngxiǎnobvious
- 声明shēngmíngstatement
Learn 明天 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 7: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.