中午

Chinese

		middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	7th earthly branch; 11 am-1 pm; noon
simp. and trad. (中午)		中	午

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhōngwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ ng⁵
Min Dong (BUC): dṳ̆ng-ngū
Min Nan (POJ): tiong-gó͘ / tiong-ngó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhōngwǔ → zhōngwu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥㄨˇ → ㄓㄨㄥ ˙ㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jong.wuu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ u²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zung¹ ng⁵
  - Yale: jūng ńgh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ ng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ ng⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ŋ̍¹³/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dṳ̆ng-ngū
  - IPA ^(key): /tyŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ŋu³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-gó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-góo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dionggor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɔŋ³³ gɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiong-ngó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tiong-ngóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diongngor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋɔ̃⁵³/

Noun

中午

noon; midday
我中午有個約會。 / 我中午有个约会。 ― Wǒ zhōngwǔ yǒu ge yuēhuì. ― I have a date at noon.

Synonyms

正午 (zhèngwǔ)

Dialectal synonyms of 中午 (“noon”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		午
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		中午、午間
Mandarin	Beijing	晌午、中午
	Taiwan	中午
	Harbin	晌午、晌天、晌午頭子、晌午頭兒、中午
	Shenyang	晌午
	Hailar	晌乎
	Ulan Hot	晌乎
	Tongliao	晌乎
	Chifeng	晌午
	Bayanhot	中午
	Jinan	晌午、中午
	Muping	晌午兒、晌午頭兒
	Luoyang	晌午
	Jiedian	晌午
	Xi'an	晌午
	Qingdao	晌午
	Xining	晌午
	Xuzhou	晌午、晌午頭兒、中午
	Yinchuan	晌午
	Lanzhou	晌午
	Ürümqi	晌午、中午
	Wuhan	中時、中午
	Chengdu	晌午、中午
	Guiyang	中午些
	Guilin	晌午
	Liuzhou	晌午、中午
	Kunming	晌午
	Yangzhou	中上、中半天
	Nanjing	中上、中午
	Hefei	中午、中晌
	Nantong	晝下、中上
Cantonese	Guangzhou	晏晝
	Hong Kong	晏晝
	Shunde	晏晝
	Zhongshan	晏晝
	Dongguan	晏晝
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	晏晝
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	晏晝
	Taishan	晏晝
	Kaiping	晏晝
	Shaoguan	晏晝
	Yunfu	晏晝、正晏
	Yangjiang	晏晝
	Xinyi	中午
	Lianjiang	晏晝
	Nanning	晏晝
	Wuzhou	晏晝
	Yulin	晏時、到晏
	Hepu	熱中頭、熱中
	Kuala Lumpur	晏晝
Gan	Nanchang	當晝
	Lichuan	晝上
	Pingxiang	中時、日中、中午
Hakka	Meixian	當晝、當晝頭、晝邊
	Xingning	當晝、當晝頭
	Huidong	晝晨頭
	Qujiang	晏晝
	Xiaosanjiang	晝頭
	Luchuan	晏晝
	Changting	晝邊、當晝
	Pingyu	當晝
	Wuping	晝邊
	Liancheng	晝邊
	Ninghua	晝邊
	Ruijin	當晝
	Shicheng	晝邊哩
	Shangyou	晏晝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當晝、當晝頭
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	當晝、當晝頭
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	當晝、當晝頭
	Dongshi (Dabu)	當晝、當晝頭
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	當晝、當晝頭
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	當晝、當晝時、當晝時頭
	Hong Kong	晏晝
	Sabah	當晝、晏晝
	Senai	中午
	Singkawang	當晝
Huizhou	Jixi	當晝
Jin	Taiyuan	晌午、中午
	Xinzhou	晌午
	Baochang	中午
	Jining	中午
	Hohhot	晌午
	Baotou	中午
	Dongsheng	晌午
	Linhe	晌午
	Haibowan	晌午
Min Bei	Jian'ou	當晝
Min Dong	Fuzhou	中晝、中午、日晝、日頭晝
	Fuqing	中午晝、中晝
	Matsu	日晝
Min Nan	Xiamen	下晝、日晝、日中晝、日當晝、中晝
	Quanzhou	下晝、日晝、中晝
	Zhangzhou	下晝、日晝、日中晝、中晝
	Taipei	中晝、透中晝
	Kaohsiung	中晝、透中晝、透中晝心、下晝
	Tainan	中晝、透中晝
	Taichung	中晝、透中晝
	Wuqi	中晝
	Hsinchu	中晝
	Taitung	中晝
	Lukang	中晝、透中晝、晝矣
	Sanxia	透中晝
	Yilan	中晝、透中晝
	Kinmen	中晝、此中晝
	Magong	中晝
	Penang	日晝
	Singapore	下晝、日晝、中晝
	Philippines (Manila)	日晝
	Pingnan	日頭
	Chaozhou	日晝
	Shantou	日晝
	Haifeng	中午
	Johor Bahru	日晝
	Haikou	日晝
	Leizhou	日晝
Pinghua	Nanning	晏中、午時
Pinghua	Guilin	晏時
Wu	Shanghai	中午、中浪向、中浪、日中心裡、日中心
	Suzhou	中浪、中浪向、日晝心裡
	Hangzhou	日中
	Wenzhou	日晝
	Chongming	下晝
	Danyang	中飯頭、中午
	Jinhua	當午、日中心
	Tangxi	午飯中心
	Ningbo	晝過、晝過頭
Xiang	Changsha	中時候、中間子、中午
	Shuangfeng	晚飯時家、晌午
	Loudi	中飯時際、飯時際
	Quanzhou	晌午

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