"午" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wǔ 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)
Results beginning with 午
 wǔ cān lunch / luncheon / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
 wǔ yè midnight
 wǔ hòu afternoon
 wǔ fàn lunch / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
 wǔ shí 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
 wǔ shuì to take a nap / siesta
 wǔ xiū noon break / lunch break / lunchtime nap
 wǔ jiào siesta / afternoon nap
 wǔ yàn lunch banquet
 wǔ qián morning / a.m.
 wǔ ān Good afternoon! / Hello (daytime greeting)
 wǔ mǎ Year 7, year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
 wǔ cān huì luncheon
 wǔ cān ròu canned luncheon meat / Spam
Approximate Results for 午
 xià wǔ afternoon / CL:個|个[ge4] / p.m.
 shàng wǔ morning / CL:個|个[ge4]
 zhōng wǔ noon / midday / CL:個|个[ge4]
 zhèng wǔ midday / noon / noonday
 Duān wǔ see 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2]
 jiǎ wǔ thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
 rén wǔ nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062
 gēng wǔ seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050
 wù wǔ fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038
 shǎng wǔ noon
 bǐng wǔ forty-third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026
 bàng wǔ towards noon / around midday
 chóng wǔ Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)
 shǎng wu noon
 tíng wǔ (literary) noon
 tóu wǔ (dialect) morning
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 Duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
 shuì wǔ jiào to have a nap
线 zǐ wǔ xiàn meridian
 xià wǔ chá afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
 Jiǎ wǔ Zhàn zhēng First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
线  true meridian
  school lunch
 mù shén wǔ hòu Prélude à / l'après-midi d'un faune, by Claude Debussy based on poem by Stéphane Mallarmé
便  brown-bag lunch
线 běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn the first meridian / the prime meridian
  Transit satellite navigation system
线 Gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn the Greenwich meridian
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