午 (wǔ) means Noon (11 a.m.-1 p.m. - 7th earthly branch). Below are 24 of the 56 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
我下 午 去学校。
Wǒ xiàwǔ qù xuéxiào.
I am going to school in the afternoon.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 下午
我下 午 去理发。
Wǒ xiàwǔ qù lǐfà.
I am going for a haircut this afternoon.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 理发
张大夫下 午 出诊。
Zhāng dàifu xiàwǔ chūzhěn.
Doctor Zhang sees patients in the afternoon.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 大夫
咱们下 午 再商量。
Zánmen xiàwǔ zài shāngliang.
Let us talk it over again this afternoon.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 咱们
我们上 午 有汉语课。
Wǒmen shàngwǔ yǒu Hànyǔ kè.
We have a Chinese class in the morning.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 课
下 午 我去朋友家玩。
Xiàwǔ wǒ qù péngyou jiā wán.
This afternoon I'm going to a friend's place to hang out.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 玩
下 午 下了一场大雨。
Xiàwǔ xià le yì chǎng dàyǔ.
There was a heavy rain in the afternoon.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 场
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From the graded readers
那天下 午 我很不高兴。
nà / nèi tiānxià wǔ wǒ hěn bù gāoxìng.
I felt low all that afternoon.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
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
下 午 三点，天气不好了。
xiàwǔ sān diǎn, tiānqì bùhǎo le / liǎo / liào.
At three in the afternoon the weather turned.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
一个下 午 就这样过去了。
yīgè xiàwǔ jiù zhèyàng guòqù le / liǎo / liào.
A whole afternoon had gone, just like that.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
星期六上 午 ，我和妈妈去商店。
xīngqīliù shàngwǔ, wǒ hé māma qù shāngdiàn.
On Saturday morning my mum and I went to the shops.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
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
那天下 午 ，我一共摔了十一次。
nà / nèi tiānxià wǔ, wǒ yīgòng shuāi le / liǎo / liào shíyī cì.
That afternoon I fell eleven times in all.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
那天下 午 ，我们楼的电梯坏了。
nà / nèi tiānxià wǔ, wǒmen lóu de / dì diàntī huàile.
That afternoon the lift in our building broke down.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
上 午 我打扫了房间，还洗了衣服。
shàngwǔ wǒ dǎsǎo le / liǎo / liào fángjiān, hái / huán xǐ le / liǎo / liào yīfu.
In the morning I cleaned my room and did the washing.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Weekend
上 午 我学习汉语，下 午 我学习英语。
shàngwǔ wǒ xuéxí hànyǔ, xiàwǔ wǒ xuéxí yīngyǔ.
In the morning I study Chinese, and in the afternoon I study English.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
From the travel phrasebook
明天上 午 的。
Míngtiān shàngwǔ de.
For tomorrow morning.
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
From the grammar library
我们下 午 三点见。
Wǒmen xiàwǔ sān diǎn jiàn.
Let's meet at three this afternoon.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go
午 appears in 56 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 午
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Questions about 午
How is 午 used in a sentence?
This page shows 56 sentences using 午 (wǔ, "Noon (11 a.m.-1 p.m. - 7th earthly branch)"), 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.
Why do some sentences show 午 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 午 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 午?
The dictionary page for 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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