上午 shàngwǔ — morning (before noon)

Meanings

1. 1

   morning (before noon)

   The stretch from breakfast to midday. Chinese slices the day into 上午, 中午 and 下午, and the time word goes before the verb.

   noun

Character breakdown

• 上

  shàng (fourth tone, falling)

  above, upper, on top of; to go up, to get on, to attend; last, previous (上个月)

  3 strokesRadical 一

Example sentences

• 上午我在家看书。/上午我在家看書。Shàngwǔ (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) zài (fourth tone, falling) jiā (first tone, high and level) kàn (fourth tone, falling) shū. (first tone, high and level)···

  I read at home in the morning.

• 他上午九点来。/他上午九點來。Tā (first tone, high and level) shàngwǔ (fourth tone, falling) jiǔ (third tone, dipping) diǎn (third tone, dipping) lái. (second tone, rising)···

  He’s coming at nine in the morning.

Similar words

Words containing 上

• 上shàng (fourth tone, falling)on, on top of, above
• 晚上wǎnshang (third tone, dipping)evening, night
• 早上zǎoshang (third tone, dipping)early morning
• 马上/馬上mǎshàng (third tone, dipping)at once, right away, immediately
• 上班shàngbān (fourth tone, falling)to go to work, to be at work
• 上网/上網shàngwǎng (fourth tone, falling)to go online, to use the internet