中午 zhōngwǔ noon
noon, midday, noonday
How to remember 中午: 中 middle + 午 noon = noon.
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How it is used
- 'Noon, midday' - 中午吃饭 (zhōngwǔ chīfàn) eat at noon.
- Sits between 上午 (morning) and 下午 (afternoon); covers the lunch-and-nap window, roughly 11-1, not just the single point 12:00.
Example sentences
- 我们中午十二点半要一起吃午饭。 Wǒmen zhōngwǔ shíèrdiǎn bànyào yìqǐ chī wǔfàn.We'll eat lunch together at 12:30.
- 让她中午过来。 Ràng tā zhōngwǔ guòlái.Tell her to come at noon.
- 她一直等到中午。 Tā yīzhí děngdào zhōngwǔ.She waited all the way till noon.