VocabularyHSK 3 · core

上午

shàngwǔ

morning (AM)

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

  1. 上午十点开会。
    Meeting at 10 AM.
  2. 上午好!
    Good morning!

Collocations

上午好今天上午上午十点

Mnemonic

上午 shàngwǔ "morning, AM" — 上 (before) + 午 (noon) = "before noon". Antonym 下午 (afternoon). Korean/Japanese use 午前 with reversed character order.

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