明朝 (míng zháo) — tomorrow morning

Definition

noun
tomorrow morning

Examples

  • 明朝。
    míng zháo Wǒ men yì qǐ qù pá shān ba.
    Let's go hiking together tomorrow morning.
  • 明朝。
    míng zháo De huì yì gǎi dào xià wǔ le.
    Tomorrow morning's meeting has been moved to the afternoon.
  • 明朝。
    Tā míng zháo jiù yào chū fā qù běi jīng le.
    He is leaving for Beijing tomorrow morning.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

明míngtomorrow
朝cháomorning

"明" points to the next day, while "朝" gives morning, so it means tomorrow morning.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

明 combines 日 (sun) and 月 (moon), showing the sun just rising while the moon has not yet set, or two bright objects in the sky, to express brightness.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

Originally, 朝 showed the sun rising above the ground while the moon was still in the sky, giving the sense of morning.

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