How to say it in Chinese

Noon in Chinese

noon · HSK 1

中午 zhōng wǔ

  1. 中 zhōng middle
  2. 午 wǔ noon

我们中午一起吃饭吧。 Let's have lunch together at noon.

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How do you say noon in Chinese?

Noon in Chinese is 中午 (zhōng wǔ).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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