hau6 jat6後日后日
Jyutpinghau6 jat6
Yalehauh yaht
Definition
The day after tomorrow.
colloquialtime
How it's used
Refers strictly to the day following tomorrow. It functions as a time adverbial and can be placed before or after the subject in a sentence. Unlike some other time expressions, it does not require a preposition to indicate the specific day.
Examples
Are you free to go out for a meal the day after tomorrow?
I have to work the day after tomorrow, so I can't go on the trip.
Related words
Common phrases
the morning after tomorrow
the evening after tomorrow
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
