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中午 zhōngwǔ

中午 zhōngwǔ Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 中午 zhōngwǔ .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhōngwǔ | zhong1 wu3
English translation
noon
midday
CL:
>[gè]

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Traditional form

中午 zhōngwǔ

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí
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Etymology of 中午 zhōngwǔ

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Zhōng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

A line passing through the middle of a box, representing the meaning "middle".

Positional decomposition

口丨

Number of Strokes

4

Explanation

Pictograph of a pestle used for pounding rice, now written as chǔ . The current meaning "noon" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

丿干

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 中午 zhōngwǔ

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已到中午 zhōngwǔ le , de 肚子 dùzi 饿 è le .

High noon came, and with it hunger.

piào wéi nín 保留 bǎoliú dào 明天 míngtiān 中午 zhōngwǔ .

We'll reserve the ticket for you till tomorrow noon.

李梅亭因为 yīnwèi Chē dào 中午 zhōngwǔ cái kāi , 正在 zhèngzài chuáng shǎng 懒着 ne .

Since the bus didn't leave until noon, Li Mei - t'ing was lounging on his bed.

旅馆 lǚ guǎn de Fáng 按规定 àn guī dìng yāo zài 中午 zhōngwǔ 十二点之前 zhī qián 退 tuì Fáng .

Hotel guests are requested to vacate their rooms by twelve noon.

jiāng jìn 中午 zhōngwǔ de 时候 shíhou , le 自己 zìjǐ de huó táo huí le Dōng Shì .

About noon she made her escape with her work to the East room.

中午 zhōngwǔ Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up 中午 zhōngwǔ and their own compounds.

中午 zhōngwǔ Compounds

See all 626 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 中午 zhōngwǔ in their composition.

  • Zhōng
    • guì
    • chóng
      • Qiáng
        • jiàng , qiǎng , jiàng , jiǎng , qiáng , qiāng , , , , , ,
      • suī
      • lǎng
        • lǎng , ,
      • róng
        • ,
      • hóng
      • shī
      • zǎo
        • sāo , sāo , sào , sāo , xiǔ , , , , sāo , , sāo ,
      • shǔ
        • zhuó , chù , zhú , , chuò , chù , zhú , juān , shú , , , , , zhuó , zhú , , , , zhuó
      • qiáng
        • qiǎng
      • chī
        • chī , chī , zhì
        • , ,
      • jiǎn
      • chóng
        • chài
      • dàn , , chǔn , chù , , shé , fēng , mán , zhū , , zhī , xiā , zhú , luó , , dié , biān , , , , yíng , xiè , , láng , shí , zhāng , , páng , , wén , , xiē , jiǎn , yíng , , zhì , , , , fēi , cán , , é , quán , qīng , tíng , , shuài , zhē ,
      • zhà , mǎng , , chán , zhù , táng , chú , tuì , chán , zhé , dǒu , zhuó , , yǐn , qiū , huáng , bàng , pán , , měng , mǎn , áo , , yóu , , wān , gōng , yán , huí , yuán , xiā , róng , háo , yǒng , , shèn , shì , , lóu , , Láng , nǎn , jiāo , , kuí , máo , háo , zhé , qiú , náo
      • , hān , , , qiāng , huò , guō , huáng , , , , , yòu , , , , ruì , měng , , , dīng , gān , huī , méng , , chài , , qiān , wén , , yuán , fén , rán , jiè , , xiǎn , yóu , chí , , rán , zhá , , xián , diāo , , rán , líng , yíng , chēng , móu
      • , yáng , liè , , kuò , , jié , wǎng , qióng , jiá , , xīng , shāo , , yuān , Dàn , , , tiáo , liǎng , guǒ , , , wǎng , , , tíng , mào , mián , , yǎn , wēi , yuán , qiú , máo , , dài , chūn , jiāng , wēng , sōu , hàn , qín , táng , , , nài , míng , téng , cāng
      • cáo , chī , piāo , zhōng , yǐn , zhè , xiāo , xiàng , péng , jiǎo , liáo , , jué , huì , jiāo , shàn , xún , dāng , shàn , , , shè , luǒ , lián , zhú , zhuó , , , miè , fán , , zhū , , shàng , , quán , , jié , mǐn , sāo , , , , , , , , , ,
      • , , , , , xiàng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , jiá
      • tuì , , , , , , , , , , jié , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , bàng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , shí , , , , , wèi , ,
      • , shī , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , yíng , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , lóu
      • , , , , , guō , , , mǎn , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , chán , náo , , , , , , , , , , , , yíng , , , xuān , , xiē , mǎng , , , róng ,
      • , , , , , , , , xiāo , , , , , , , , cán , , , mán , , , , , , mǐn
    • zhòng
      • ,
    • chōng
      • shǔ
      • , , , , , , , , , ,
    • guì
        • wěi , ,
        • ,
      • kuì
        • guì , ,
      • kuì , guì , guī , , tuí , , , , , , , , , , , kuì , , kuì , , kuì , , , , kuì
    • zhǒng , Zhōng , chōng , zhōng , zhǒng , zhōng , zhōng , zhòng , chōng , , chōng , , , , , , , , ,
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