Pinyin

Definition

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  1. 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse
  2. ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (10)

  1. 1 surname Xu
  1. 1 to allow
  2. 2 to permit
  3. 3 to promise
  4. 4 to praise
  5. 5 somewhat
  6. 6 perhaps
chǔ
  1. 1 pestle
  2. 2 to poke
  1. 1 disobedient
  2. 2 unfilial
fǒu
  1. 1 pottery

Related Words (20)

xià wǔ
  1. 1 afternoon
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 p.m.
shàng wǔ
  1. 1 morning
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
zhōng wǔ
  1. 1 noon
  2. 2 midday
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
wǔ yè
  1. 1 midnight
wǔ hòu
  1. 1 afternoon

Sample Sentences

noon
上午
shàng wǔ
morning
下午
xià wǔ
afternoon
中午
zhōng wǔ
noon
所有工作完成,准备关店离开的时候,已经是午夜12点了。秦宇骑上单车准备回家,沿途他不断地回味着晚上女孩儿出现和邀约他的画面及情节。
suǒyǒu gōngzuò wánchéng ,zhǔnbèi guān diàn líkāi de shíhou ,yǐjīng shì wǔyè shíèr diǎn le 。Qínyǔ jì shàng dānchē zhǔnbèi huíjiā ,yántú tā bùduàn de huíwèi zhe wǎnshang nǚháiēr chūxiàn hé yāoyuē tā de huàmiàn jí qíngjié 。
It was already midnight when he's done with all the tasks and ready to leave the shop. Qinyu got on his bike to ride back home. On his way home, he kept thinking back to the scene tonight when the girl showed up with the invitation.
午夜和白天,不停地交换。
wǔyè hé báitiān ,bùtíng de jiāohuàn 。
Constant exchange between day and night.
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对不起,我打岔一下,现在已经是午餐时间了,我们要不要休息一下再继续?
duìbuqǐ ,wǒ dǎchà yīxià ,xiànzài yǐjīng shì wǔcān shíjiān le ,wǒmen yào bù yào xiūxi yīxià zài jìxù ?
Sorry to interrupt. It is already lunchtime. Shall we continue after a break?
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上午好。
shàngwǔ hǎo 。
Good morning.
上午好。
shàngwǔ hǎo 。
Good morning.
中午好。
zhōngwǔ hǎo 。
Good noon time.