午 (ng5 | wu3) : noon

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午

ng5

wu3

[1] noon; high noon [2] 11 am to 1 PM (in Old Chinese time measurement [3] seventh terrestrial branch [4] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 4

Level: 1

Radical: 十 (#24)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

午

Don't confuse with:
牛生

This word has been viewed 12105 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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中午 zung1 ng5 zhong1 wu3 = noon

下午 haa6 ng5 xia4 wu3 = afternoon; P.M.

上午 soeng6 ng5 shang4 wu3 = morning; A.M.

午間 ng5 gaan1 wu3 jian1 = noon; midday

午餐 ng5 caan1 wu3 can1 = lunch

午飯 ng5 faan6 wu3 fan4 = lunch

午休 ng5 jau1 wu3 xiu1 = noon break; afternoon recess; lunch break; lunchtime nap

午餐肉 ng5 caan1 juk6 = luncheon meat

端午節 dyun1 ng5 zit3 duan1 wu3 jie2 = Dragon Boat Festival

晌午 hoeng2 ng5 shang3 wu5 = noon; midday
See all 28 compounds (CantoDict reports 25 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 午
Unicode code for this character: U+5348 (off-site link)

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