下午
Meaning
- afternoon
- p.m.
Measure word
个 gè
Example sentence
下午四点。
At four o'clock in the afternoon.
Characters in 下午
- 下 xià down
- 午 wǔ noon, midday
下 lower plus 午 noon — the hours below midday. It mirrors 上午 exactly, and the three-way set with 中午 is easier to learn as a set than as three separate words.