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 9966 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

午夜 ng5 je6 wu3 ye4 = midnight

昨午 zok6 ng5 zuo2 wu3 = yesterday afternoon

下午茶 haa6 ng5 caa4 = afternoon tea

睡午覺 seoi6 ng5 gaau3 shui4 wu3 jiao4 = to take an afternoon nap; a siesta

午安 ng5 on1 = good afternoon

子午線 zi2 ng5 sin3 zi3 wu3 xian4 = meridian

本初子午線 bun2 co1 zi2 ng5 sin3 ben3 chu1 zi3 wu3 xian4 = the first meridian; the prime meridian

午睡 ng5 seoi6 wu3 shui4 = a nap, a siesta

正午 zing3 ng5 zheng4 wu3 = midday; noon; noonday

午安枕 ng5 on1 zam2 = a sleep pillow

午馬 ng5 maa5 wu3 ma3 = Year 7, Year of the Horse (2014), Wu Ma

商務午餐 soeng1 mou6 ng5 caan1 = [n] business (set) lunch

午市套餐 ng5 si5 tou3 caan1 wu3 shi4 tao4 can1 = lunch set

午覺 ng5 gaau3 wu3 jue2 = lie-down; to nap

午餐時間 ng5 caan1 si4 gaan1*3 wu3 can1 shi2 jian1 = lunchtime

午市 ng5 si5 wu3 shi4 = lunch time

午前 ng5 cin4 wu3 qian2 = before noon; morning 國

午後 ng5 hau6 wu3 hou4 = afternoon

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+5348 (off-site link)

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