shàng wǔ
matin
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上午好
zǎoshàng hǎo
Good morning
上午十点
shàngwǔ shí diǎn
Ten o'clock in the morning
上午我要去上班
shàngwǔ wǒ yào qù shàngbān
I'm going to work in the morning
早上 (zǎoshang)
morning
上午 (shàngwǔ)
morning
前晌 (qiánxiǎng)
morning
下午 (xiàwǔ)
afternoon
晚上 (wǎnshàng)
evening
The Chinese word 上午 (shàngwǔ) is composed of two characters: 上 (shàng) and 午 (wǔ). The character 上 means "above" or "upper", while the character 午 means "noon" or "midday". Together, these two characters form the word 上午, which literally means "the time before noon". In modern Chinese, 上午 is used to refer to the morning, specifically the period of time from sunrise to noon. It is often used in contrast to 下午 (xiàwǔ), which means "the time after noon" or "the afternoon".
