中午

中午 zhōngwǔ in a sentence

Noon (midday)

Full dictionary entry HSK 1 6 sentences

中午 (zhōngwǔ) means Noon (midday). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

中午 不睡觉。

Wǒ zhōngwǔ bú shuìjiào.

I don't nap at noon.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 中午

中午 吃面条。

Wǒ zhōngwǔ chī miàntiáo.

I eat noodles at noon.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 面条

中午 我跟同事一起吃饭。

Zhōngwǔ wǒ gēn tóngshì yìqǐ chī fàn.

At noon I eat with my colleagues.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 同事

From the graded readers

中午 我和朋友一起吃饭。

zhōngwǔ wǒ hé péngyou yìqǐ chīfàn.

At noon I eat with my friends.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day

中午 的时候,天气很热。

zhōngwǔ de / dì shíhou, tiānqì hěn rè.

By noon it was very hot.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today

中午 吃完饭,我想休息一会儿。

zhōngwǔ chīwán fàn, wǒ xiǎng xiūxi yìhuir.

After lunch I thought I'd rest for a bit.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend

Questions about 中午

How is 中午 used in a sentence?

This page shows 6 sentences using 中午 (zhōngwǔ, "Noon (midday)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 中午 an HSK word?

Yes — 中午 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 中午?

The dictionary page for 中午 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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