Word information
Simplified后天
Traditional後天
Pinyinhòutiān
Part of speech名
HSK 3.03
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
后天
hòutiān · the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori
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