Usage of the character 午
wǔ
午
[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)
wǔhòu
午后
[午後]
- afternoon
gēngwǔ
庚午
[庚午]
- seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050
bǐngwǔ
丙午
[丙午]
- forty-third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026
zhōngwǔ
中午
[中午]
- noon
- midday
- CL:個／个 (gè)
wǔyè
午夜
[午夜]
- midnight
wǔqián
午前
[午前]
- morning
- a.m.
chóngwǔ
重午
[重午]
- Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)
tóuwǔ
头午
[頭午]
- (dialect) morning
wùwǔ
戊午
[戊午]
- fifty-fifth year E7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1978 or 2038
wǔxiū
午休
[午休]
- noon break
- lunch break
- lunchtime nap
wǔshuì
午睡
[午睡]
- to take a nap
- siesta
wǔyàn
午宴
[午宴]
- lunch banquet
tíngwǔ
亭午
[亭午]
- (literary) noon
zhèngwǔ
正午
[正午]
- midday
- noon
- noonday
wǔmǎ
午马
[午馬]
- Year 7, year of the Horse (e.g. 2002)
wǔshí
午时
[午時]
- 11 am-1 pm (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
wǔ'ān
午安
[午安]
- Good afternoon!
- Hello (daytime greeting)
xiàwǔ
下午
[下午]
- afternoon
- CL:個／个 (gè)
- p.m.
bàngwǔ
傍午
[傍午]
- towards noon; just before midday
wǔfàn
午饭
[午飯]
- lunch
- CL:份 (fèn),頓／顿 (dùn),次 (cì),餐 (cān)
wǔcān
午餐
[午餐]
- lunch
- luncheon
- CL:份 (fèn),頓／顿 (dùn),次 (cì)
jiǎwǔ
甲午
[甲午]
- thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014
Duānwǔ
端午
[端午]
- see 端午節／端午节 ( Duānwǔjié)
shàngwǔ
上午
[上午]
- morning
- CL:個／个 (gè)
wǔjiào
午觉
[午覺]
- siesta
- afternoon nap
rénwǔ
壬午
[壬午]
- nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062
shǎngwu
晌午
[晌午]
- noon
zǐwǔxiàn
子午线
[子午線]
- meridian
xiàwǔhǎo
下午好
[下午好]
- (greeting) good afternoon
wǔcānhuì
午餐会
[午餐會]
- luncheon
shuìwǔjiào
睡午觉
[睡午覺]
- to have a nap
xiàwǔchá
下午茶
[下午茶]
- afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee)
wǔcānròu
午餐肉
[午餐肉]
- canned luncheon meat
- Spam
Duānwǔjié
端午节
[端午節]
- Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
mùshénwǔhòu
牧神午后
[牧神午後]
- Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, by Claude Debussy based on poem by Stéphane Mallarmé
Jiǎwǔ Zhànzhēng
甲午战争
[甲午戰爭]
- First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
běnchūzǐwǔxiàn
本初子午线
[本初子午線]
- the first meridian
- the prime meridian
Gélínnízhìběnchūzǐwǔxiàn
格林尼治本初子午线
[格林尼治本初子午線]
- the Greenwich meridian