昨天 (zuótiān) means Yesterday. Below are 24 of the 38 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
今天比 昨天 更冷。
Jīntiān bǐ zuótiān gèng lěng.
Today is even colder than yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 更
他 昨天 做了手术。
Tā zuótiān zuò le shǒushù.
He had an operation yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 手术
昨天 玩得真痛快。
Zuótiān wán de zhēn tòngkuai.
We had a really good time yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 痛快
昨天 的辩论很精彩。
Zuótiān de biànlùn hěn jīngcǎi.
Yesterday's debate was excellent.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 辩论
他没参加 昨天 的会议。
Tā méi cānjiā zuótiān de huìyì.
He didn't attend yesterday's meeting.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 参加
今天的气温比 昨天 低。
Jīntiān de qìwēn bǐ zuótiān dī.
Today the temperature is lower than yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 低
昨天 发生了一件小事。
Zuótiān fāshēng le yí jiàn xiǎo shì.
Something small happened yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 发生
这个包裹是 昨天 寄的。
Zhège bāoguǒ shì zuótiān jì de.
This parcel was sent yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 寄
真可惜，你 昨天 没来。
Zhēn kěxī, nǐ zuótiān méi lái.
What a pity you did not come yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 可惜
我 昨天 写了一篇文章。
Wǒ zuótiān xiě le yì piān wénzhāng.
I wrote an article yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 篇
我们 昨天 的比赛输了。
Wǒmen zuótiān de bǐsài shū le.
We lost yesterday's match.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 输
昨天 的比赛有意思极了。
Zuótiān de bǐsài yǒu yìsi jí le.
Yesterday's match was extremely interesting.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 极
他 昨天 离开了这个城市。
Tā zuótiān líkāi le zhège chéngshì.
He left this city yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 离开
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From the graded readers
昨天 晚上我觉得很不舒服。
zuótiān wǎnshang wǒ juéde hěn bù shūfu.
Last night I felt very unwell.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor
昨天 我去参加了一个面试。
zuótiān wǒ qù cānjiā le / liǎo / liào yīgè miàn shì.
Yesterday I went to a job interview.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
昨天 晚上九点，妈妈给我打电话。
zuótiān wǎnshang jiǔ diǎn, māma gěi wǒ dǎdiànhuà.
At nine last night my mum called me.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
我 昨天 晚上工作到很晚，睡得很少。
wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang gōngzuò dào hěn wǎn, shuì dehěn shǎo / shào.
I worked late last night and slept very little.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
From the grammar library
他 昨天 来了。
Tā zuótiān lái le.
He came yesterday.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 了 — completed action and change of state
昨天 我没上班。
Zuótiān wǒ méi shàngbān.
I didn't work yesterday.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go
今天比 昨天 热。
Jīntiān bǐ zuótiān rè.
Today is hotter than yesterday.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 比 comparisons
我是 昨天 来的。
Wǒ shì zuótiān lái de.
It was yesterday that I came.
Grammar library · HSK 4 · 是…的 — emphasising the details
我 昨天 没去学校。
Wǒ zuótiān méi qù xuéxiào.
I didn't go to school yesterday.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 不 vs 没 — the two negations
昨天 appears in 38 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 昨天
How is 昨天 used in a sentence?
This page shows 38 sentences using 昨天 (zuótiān, "Yesterday"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 昨天 an HSK word?
Yes — 昨天 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 昨天?
The dictionary page for 昨天 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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