上午

shàngwǔ

morning (AM)

Type: NounsHSK 1
Character origin

上 (upper) + 午 (noon). The upper part of the noon — the morning before 12.

Did you know?

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.

Example sentence

我上午工作。

Wǒ shàngwǔ gōngzuò.

I work in the morning.

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