| 中午 |  zhōng wǔ | noon / midday / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 正午 | zhèng wǔ | midday / noon / noonday | |
| 日中 | rì zhōng | noon / midday / zenith | |
| 晌午 | shǎng wǔ | noon | |
| 亭午 | tíng wǔ | (literary) noon | |
| 晌午 | shǎng wu | noon | |
| 午休 | wǔ xiū | noon break / lunch break / lunchtime nap | |
| 如日中天 | rú rì zhōng tiān | lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc | |
| 偏西 | piān xī | inclining to the west (e.g. of the sun after noon, indicating lateness of the day) | |
| 午 | 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) | |
| 傍午 | bàng wǔ | towards noon / just before midday | |
| 主麻 | zhǔ má | (Islam) Jumu'ah (refers to Friday or the noon prayer on Friday) (loanword from Arabic) / (Islam) a week | |
| 主麻日 | Zhǔ má rì | (Islam) Friday, when Muslims go to the mosque before noon to attend congregational prayers | |
