VocabularyHSK 3 · core

中午

zhōngwǔ

noon

Part of speech · noun

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中middle

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Examples

中午十二点吃饭。
Eat lunch at noon.
中午很热。
It's hot at midday.

Collocations

中午好今天中午到中午

Mnemonic

中午 zhōngwǔ "noon, midday" — 中 (middle) + 午 (the noon-hour Earthly Branch). Korean and Japanese both prefer 正午 (jeongo / shōgo) for the strict noon — 中午 is a more conversational Chinese term.

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