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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wǔ | wu3
English translation
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse
noon; 7th terrestrial branch

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Number of strokes

4

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shí

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí

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Positional decomposition

丿干

Explanation

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

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下午 xiàwǔ 天气 tiānqì zhuǎn Lěng le .

It turned chilly in the afternoon.

已到中午 zhōngwǔ le , de 肚子 dùzi 饿 è le .

High noon came, and with it hunger.

今天 jīntiān 上午 shàngwǔ zài 镇上碰到 pèng dào le 过去 guòqu 教过 de 老师 lǎoshī .

I knocked into my old teacher in the town this morning.

午餐 wǔ cān yǒu liǎng píng 葡萄酒 pú tao jiǔ jiù gòu le .

Two bottles of wine will suffice for lunch.

午夜 wǔ yè qián , miàn Xiàng Dōng , 半空 bàn kōng 向上 xiàng shàng 寻找 xúnzhǎo .

Before midnight, face eastward, and look about halfway up.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
下午 xiàwǔ afternoon下午 xiàwǔ
上午 shàngwǔ morning上午 shàngwǔ
中午 zhōngwǔ noon中午 zhōngwǔ
午餐 wǔ cān lunch午餐 wǔ cān
午饭 wǔ fàn lunch午飯
午夜 wǔ yè midnight午夜 wǔ yè
ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
午后 wǔ hòu afternoon午後
午休 wǔ xiū noon break午休 wǔ xiū
午睡 wǔ shuì siesta午睡 wǔ shuì
午觉 wǔ jiào siesta午覺
正午 zhèng wǔ midday正午 zhèng wǔ
午餐会 wǔ cān huì luncheon午餐會
午宴 wǔ yàn lunch banquet午宴 wǔ yàn
端午节 Duānwǔjié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)端午節
端午 Duān wǔ Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)端午 Duān wǔ
子午线 zǐ wǔ xiàn meridian子午線
午时 wǔ shí 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)午時
甲午 jiǎ wǔ thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014甲午 jiǎ wǔ
甲午战争 Jiǎ wǔ Zhàn zhēng First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)甲午戰爭
晌午 shǎng wǔ noon晌午 shǎng wǔ
午前 wǔ qián morning午前 wǔ qián
壬午 rén wǔ nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062壬午 rén wǔ
丙午 bǐng wǔ forty-third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026丙午 bǐng wǔ

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