中午 zhōngwǔ▶ mediodía

Stroke order

中午 is written in 8 strokes across 2 characters.

• 中 — 4 strokes
• 午 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. noon
2. midday

Example sentences

• 中午我们吃米饭。Zhōngwǔ wǒmen chī mǐfàn.We eat rice at noon.
• 中午太热了。Zhōngwǔ tài rè le.It is too hot at noon.

Related words

• 上午mañana
• 下午tarde
• 中国China
• 中文Chino
• 中间Medio
• 其中entre

中午 is pronounced zhōngwǔ and means “mediodía”. HSK 1 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 中午 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.