Chinese symbol for “tomorrow”
明天
míng tiān
tomorrow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tomorrow is 明天 (míng tiān), defined as: tomorrow.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tomorrow”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 明日 | míng rì | tomorrow |
| 明儿 (明兒) | míng r | (coll.) tomorrow; one of these days |
| 未来 (未來) | wèi lái | future; tomorrow |
| 明儿个 (明兒個) | míng r ge | (coll.) tomorrow |
| 翌 | yì | bright; tomorrow |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 明天.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 证明 (證明) | zhèng míng | proof; certificate |
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
| 明显 (明顯) | míng xiǎn | clear; distinct |
| 明确 (明確) | míng què | clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 每天 | měi tiān | every day |
| 几天 (幾天) | jǐ tiān | several days |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tomorrow”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.