上
午

Morning in Chinese: 上午 (shàng wǔ)

shàng wǔ

morning

HSK 12 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1morning

Stroke order

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上
午

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄤˋ

shàng

ㄕ/ shㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

ㄨˇ

wǔ

ㄨ/ uˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

See 上午 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我上午慢跑。

    wǒ shàng wǔ màn pǎo。

    I jog in the morning.

  • 今天上午下雨。

    jīn tiān shàng wǔ xià yǔ。

    It will rain this morning.

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Related words

上

shàng

(bound form) up

下午

xià wǔ

afternoon

中午

zhōng wǔ

noon

上班

shàng bān

to go to work

晚上

wǎn shang

evening

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

马上

mǎ shàng

at once

上网

shàng wǎng

to go online

上当

shàng dàng

taken in (by sb's deceit)

车上

chē shàng

Car

地上

dì shang

on the ground

关上

guān shàng

to close (a door)

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