How to Say ‘How about Wednesday afternoon?’ in Simplified Chinese
星期三下午怎么样？
xīng qī sān xià wǔ zěn me yàng
[xīngqīsān xiàwǔ dzen-muh-yahng]
💬 Usage Tip: Put any suggestion in front of 怎么样 to propose it. For example, 明天怎么样 means "how about tomorrow?"
Phrase Breakdown
星期三下午
xīng qī sān xià wǔ
Wednesday afternoon
星期三 (xīngqīsān) means Wednesday and 下午 (xiàwǔ) means afternoon. In Chinese, the bigger time unit comes first.
星期三下午我很忙。
I'm busy on Wednesday afternoon.
Words in this phrase
星期三
xīng qī sān
[xīngqīsān]
Wednesday
The third day of the week; literally 'week three'.
今天是星期三。
Today is Wednesday.
下午
xià wǔ
[xiàwǔ]
afternoon
The part of the day between noon and evening.
下午的会议时间合适吗？
Is the afternoon meeting time suitable?
怎么样？
zěn me yàng
how about it?
Put 怎么样 (zěnmeyàng) at the end of a sentence to make a suggestion or ask for an opinion.
明天怎么样？
How about tomorrow?
Words in this phrase
怎么样
zěn me yàng
[dzen-muh-yahng]
how about; how is it
Used to ask about a condition, situation, or status.
最近血糖怎么样？如果不太稳定，我们可以调整目标。
How has your blood sugar been recently? If it is not very stable, we can adjust the goals.
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