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How to Say ‘Would the afternoon work?’ in Simplified Chinese

下午行吗？

xià wǔ xíng ma

[xiàwǔ xíng ma]

💬 Usage Tip: 行吗 is a casual version of 可以吗 "is that OK?". Put it after any suggestion: 明天行吗 means "Does tomorrow work?"

Phrase Breakdown

下午

xià wǔ

[xiàwǔ]

afternoon

The time of day between noon and evening.

Example

我们下午见。

See you in the afternoon.

行

xíng

[xíng]

okay; fine

Expresses that something is acceptable.

Example

明天也行。

Tomorrow is fine too.

吗

[ma]

question particle

A sentence-final particle used to turn a statement into a yes-no question.

Example

你是第一次来吗？这里的“吗”表示提问。

Is this your first time here? Here, 吗 marks a question.

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