中午

zhōngwǔ

noon; midday

Type: NounsHSK 1
Character origin

中 (centre) + 午 (noon). The middle of the day: noon.

Did you know?

Lunch (午餐, wǔcān) is the main meal in China. Many workers get a two-hour break to eat and nap. Office hours are often split into 'morning' and 'afternoon' around this long break.

Radicals it's made of
kǒumouth
gǔnvertical stroke
Example sentence

中午十二点。

Zhōngwǔ shí'èr diǎn.

Twelve noon.

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