TOMORROW    明天

DAY AFTER TODAY.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for the day following upon another given day is míng rì 明日 "the next day".
Modern Chinese Criteria
明日 明天 明兒 明兒個 明朝 明 次日 翌日 詰朝 詰旦 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • DAY　PERIOD FROM MORNING TO EVENING OR FROM MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT. (anc: 5/0, child: 5)
  • PERIOD　TIME CONSISTING of a LIMITED SEQUENCE of MOMENTS. (anc: 4/0, child: 20)
  • TIME　ABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN. (anc: 3/0, child: 11)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 14.48

    • Words (10 items)

    明日  míng rì OC: mraŋ mljiɡ MC: mɣaŋ ȵit 15 Attributions

    The current general word for the day following upon another given day is míng rì 明日 "the next day".

      Syntactic words
    • NPadSthe next day; tomorrow
    • NPadSnext.daythe next day
    • NPpost-Nthe day after N
    來日  lái rì OC: m-rɯɯ mljiɡ MC: ləi ȵit 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPtomorrow
    • NPadStomorrow
    • NPadVtomorrow
    後一日  hòu yī rì OC: ɡooʔ qliɡ mljiɡ MC: ɦu ʔit ȵit 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadS1.postS2the next day, the following day
    異日  yì rì OC: p-lɯɡs mljiɡ MC: jɨ ȵit 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadSthe next day, the day after
    又一日  yòu yī rì OC: ɢʷɯs qliɡ mljiɡ MC: ɦɨu ʔit ȵit 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadS1.postS2another day > the next day, the following day
    他日  tā tuō rì MC: -- nyit OC: lʰaal mljiɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadSthe next day, the day afterCH
    即天  jí tiān MC: tsik then OC: -- lʰiin 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • ntomorrow, the following dayCW
    旦日  dàn rì OC: taans mljiɡ MC: tɑn ȵit 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadStomorrow
    夜  yè OC: k-laɡs MC: jɣɛ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nadSafter a night; the next day ??
    更日  gēng rì OC: kraaŋ mljiɡ MC: kɣaŋ ȵit 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadSthe next day