How to pronounce zuo tian (昨天) in Chinese
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昨天
zuó tiān
Characters & meanings
yesterday
day; sky
Common mistake
Rising + high (2-1): zuó rises where jīntiān's jīn stays flat — that tone contrast is the main audible difference between "yesterday" and "today". The z is an unaspirated "dz".
Example sentence
昨天很冷。
Zuótiān hěn lěng.
It was cold yesterday.
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