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中午

zhōng wǔ

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Measure word 个

中午 (zhōng wǔ) means "noon". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 中午 means

1. noon
2. midday

The characters in 中午

• 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 午wǔ7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of…

Example sentences

• 现在才中午。
  It is just noon.
• 让她中午过来。
  Tell her to come at noon.
• 汤姆睡到中午。
  Tom slept until noon.
• 昨天中午有雾。
  There was fog at noon yesterday.
• 火车该在中午到。
  The train is due to arrive at noon.
• 中午，我抵达东京。
  I arrived in Tokyo at noon.

Where 中午 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time Expressions (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhōng wǔ correctly.
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