上午
shàngwǔ
morning (AM)
Type: NounsHSK 1
上 (upper) + 午 (noon). The upper part of the noon — the morning before 12.
The traditional Chinese clock split the day into twelve two-hour periods (时辰, shíchén). 上午 runs roughly from 7 to 11 in the morning.
我上午工作。
Wǒ shàngwǔ gōngzuò.
I work in the morning.
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