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
• 身上shēn (first tone, high and level) shang (neutral tone)on the body
• 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
• 实际上/實際上shí (second tone, rising) jì (fourth tone, falling) shàng (fourth tone, falling)in fact
• 上面shàng (fourth tone, falling) miàn (fourth tone, falling)on top of
• 事实上/事實上shì (fourth tone, falling) shí (second tone, rising) shàng (fourth tone, falling)in fact
• 路上lù (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone)on the road
• 加上jiā (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling)plus
• 上班shàngbān (fourth tone, falling)to go to work, to be at work
• 车上/車上chē (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling)Car
• 以上yǐ (third tone, dipping) shàng (fourth tone, falling)that level or higher
• 上去shàng (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling)to go up
• 地上dì (fourth tone, falling) shang (neutral tone)on the ground
• 上网/上網shàngwǎng (fourth tone, falling)to go online, to use the internet
• 上周shàng (fourth tone, falling) zhōu (first tone, high and level)last week