中午
zhōng wǔ
Pinyin

Definition

中午
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zhōng wǔ
  1. noon
  2. midday
  3. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下午
xià wǔ
  1. 1 afternoon
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 p.m.
中
Zhōng
  1. 1 China
  2. 2 Chinese
  3. 3 surname Zhong
中国
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
上午
shàng wǔ
  1. 1 morning
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
中共
Zhōng Gòng
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng], Chinese Communist Party

Idioms (20)

一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)

Sample Sentences

现在中午十二点
xiànzài zhōngwǔ shíèr diǎn
It's now 12 noon.
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中午好。
zhōngwǔ hǎo 。
Good noon time.
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中午好。
zhōngwǔ hǎo 。
Good noon time.
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我中午吃了牛肉饭了，晚餐不想再吃饭。
wǒ zhōngwǔ chī le niúròu fàn le ，wǎncān bùxiǎng zài chīfàn 。
I had beef and rice for lunch, so I don’t want to have rice again for dinner.
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我也是，从中午到现在连一口饭都没吃。
wǒ yě shì ，cóng zhōngwǔ dào xiànzài lián yīkǒu fàn dōu méi chī 。
Me too, I haven't eaten a thing since midday.
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你是不是忘了我们早上才跟小美约明天中午去那里吃。
nǐ shì bùshì wàng le wǒmen zǎoshang cái gēn Xiǎo Měi yuē míngtiān zhōngwǔ qù nàlǐ chī 。
Did you forget that just this morning we arranged with Xiaomei to meet there for lunch tomorrow?
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我中午的时候还看到在桌上。是不是被你妹妹拿去看了？她不是今天早上回来了？
wǒ zhōngwǔ de shíhou hái kàndào zài zhuō shàng 。shìbushì bèi nǐ mèimei náqù kàn le ？tā bùshì jīntiān zǎoshang huílai le ？
I saw that it was still on the table at noon. Did you sister borrow it? Wasn't she supposed to get back this morning?
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你说明天中午一起吃饭，要吃什么?
nǐ shuō míngtiān zhōngwǔ yīqǐ chīfàn ，yào chī shénme ?
Did you say we're eating together at noon tomorrow? What do you want to eat?
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有啊，我们今天中午一起吃的饭，怎么了吗？
yǒu ā ，wǒmen jīntiān zhōngwǔ yīqǐ chī de fàn ，zěnmele ma ？
Yes. We ate lunch together today. What about it?
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我真的不是故意的，前天中午我忽然觉得不舒服，下午请假回家休息。
wǒ zhēnde bùshì gùyì de ，qiántiān zhōngwǔ wǒ hūrán juéde bù shūfu ，xiàwǔ qǐngjià huíjiā xiūxi 。
I really didn't mean to. At noon on the day before yesterday I suddenly felt unwell, so I had to ask for time of work to go home and rest.
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