Chinese word

当天

Pronunciation

Pinyindàng tiān

Meaning

  • adverbthat day

Example

会议当天在九点开始。huì yì dàng tiān zài jiú diǎn kāi shǐ

The meeting starts at nine that day.

Illustration for 当天 (that day)

More examples

客户下单后，商家通常会当天发货。kè hù xià dān hòu shāng jiā tōng cháng huì dàng tiān fā huò

After a customer places an order, the seller usually ships it that day.

Core concept

A calendar day singled out by an event or situation, treated as its own time frame.

Common phrases

  • 当天发货dàng tiān fā huò

    ship that day

  • 当天签收dàng tiān qiān shōu

    sign for it that day

  • 当天致电dàng tiān zhì diàn

    call that day

Similar words

当日dāng rì: Indicates the designated date connected with an event in written information.
当时dāng shí: Indicates the particular time or moment at which something happened.
那天nà tiān: Names a particular day in natural, informal speech.

Definition in Chinese

表示在提到的那一天，即某事发生或进行的同一天，常用作时间副词或时间名词。biǎo shì zài tí dào de nà yì tiān jí mǒu shì fā shēng huò jìn xíng de tóng yì tiān cháng yòng zuò shí jiān fù cí huò shí jiān míng cí

Word origin

当天 (dàngtiān, "that day") combines 当 (dāng, "the relevant") with 天 (tiān, "day") to identify the day connected with the event.

Usage tips

  • English often places a time phrase after the event is introduced, whereas Chinese can put this expression at the start to set the time frame for the whole sentence.

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