Keyword
noon
- 7th terrestrial branch
- Frequency
- #928
- Strokes
- 4
Readings
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Used in vocabulary
下午
afternoon; p.m.
上午
morning
中午
noon; midday
午餐
lunch; luncheon
午夜
midnight
午饭
lunch
午后
afternoon
正午
midday; noon; noonday
午
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse; ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
端午节
Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
下午茶
afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
午睡
to take a nap in the afternoon
甲午
thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
甲午战争
First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
午休
noon break; lunch break; lunchtime nap
午时
11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
午觉
siesta; afternoon nap
午前
morning; a.m.
午宴
lunch banquet
睡午觉
to have a nap
子午线
meridian
本初子午线
the first meridian; the prime meridian
午餐会
luncheon
午马
Year 7, year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)