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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

下午 [xiàwǔ]
  1. 1. noun afternoon

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

下午 [xiàwǔ]
  1. 1. afternoon; p.m.
    下午见!
    See you in the afternoon!
    下午有场电影。
    There's a movie this afternoon.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

下午 [xiàwǔ]
  1. 1. 指从中午12点到日落这段时间。

Examples

下午咱们给黄瓜绑架。
We're going to stake the cucumbers this afternoon.
我明天下午三点必到。
I'll definitely be there at 3 p.m. tomorrow.
早上天气还好好的,不料下午竟下起雹子来了。
It was so fine this morning. Who would have thought it would hail in the afternoon!
我们下午虽然只干了两个钟头,可是很出活。
We worked only two hours in the afternoon, but we accomplished a lot.
我们是下午六点钟放的工。
We got out of work at six o'clock in the afternoon.
他们学校下午五点放学。
Their school lets out (or closes) at five p.m..
今儿下午干吗?
What are we going to do this afternoon?
展览馆下午六点半关门。
The exhibition centre closes at 6:30 p.m.
咱们今天下午到城里逛去,看商店有什么东西卖。
Let's just roam around the town this afternoon, looking in the shop windows.
本星期日下午在舍下候教。
I'll be expecting you at my place this coming Sunday afternoon.

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