上午(shàng wǔ)

HSK 12 characters

morning

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 上午 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 今天上午下雨。

    jīn tiān shàng wǔ xià yǔ

    It will rain this morning.

  • 昨天上午下大雨。

    zuó tiān shàng wǔ xià dà yǔ

    It rained hard yesterday morning.

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