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午

wǔ

HSK 1 Character

What 午 means

1. 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse
2. ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)

Example sentences

• 下午好。
  Good afternoon.
• 午餐好了。
  Lunch is ready.
• 下午四点。
  At four o'clock in the afternoon.
• 吃午饭了吗？
  Have you finished eating your lunch?
• 午餐送到了。
  Lunch is on.
• 现在才中午。
  It is just noon.

Words starting with 午

• 午饭wǔ fànlunch
• 午餐wǔ cānlunch; luncheon
• 午夜wǔ yèmidnight
• 午后wǔ hòuafternoon
• 午睡wǔ shuìto take a nap in the afternoon
• 午休wǔ xiūnoon break; lunch break; lunchtime nap
• 午时wǔ shí11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
• 午觉wǔ jiàosiesta; afternoon nap
• 午前wǔ qiánmorning; a.m.
• 午安wǔ ānGood afternoon!; Hello (daytime greeting)
• 午马wǔ mǎYear 7, year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
• 午餐会wǔ cān huìluncheon
• 午餐肉wǔ cān ròucanned luncheon meat; Spam
• 午宴wǔ yànlunch banquet

Words containing 午

• 下午xià wǔafternoon; p.m.
• 上午shàng wǔmorning
• 中午zhōng wǔnoon; midday
• 端午节Duān wǔ jiéDragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
• 正午zhèng wǔmidday; noon; noonday
• 睡午觉shuì wǔ jiàoto have a nap
• 甲午jiǎ wǔthirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
• 晌午shǎng wunoon
• 甲午战争Jiǎ wǔ Zhàn zhēngFirst Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
• 重午chóng wǔDragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)
• 头午tóu wǔ(dialect) morning
• 下午好xià wǔ hǎo(greeting) good afternoon
• 子午线zǐ wǔ xiànmeridian
• 早午餐zǎo wǔ cānbrunch
• 本初子午线běn chū zǐ wǔ xiànthe first meridian; the prime meridian
• 早午饭zǎo wǔ fànbrunch
• 下午茶xià wǔ cháafternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
• 丙午bǐng wǔforty-third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026
• 亭午tíng wǔ(literary) noon
• 傍午bàng wǔtowards noon; just before midday
• 戊午wù wǔfifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038
• 庚午gēng wǔseventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050
• 壬午rén wǔnineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062
• 格林尼治本初子午线Gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiànthe Greenwich meridian

Characters that look like 午

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 牛niúox; cow; bull
• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 乎hū(classical particle similar to 于; at; from
• 半bànhalf; semi-; incomplete

Sounds the same

Read wǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 五five; 5
• 舞to dance; to wield; to brandish
• 武martial; military
• 伍squad of five soldiers; to associate with; five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 侮to insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
• 捂to enclose; to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears); to cover up (an affair)
• 鹉used in 鹦鹉
• 妩used in 妩媚
• 忤disobedient; unfilial
• 碔inferior gem; a kind of jade
• 仵equal; well-matched; to violate
• 牾to oppose; to gore