上午
shàng wǔ
Pinyin

Definition

上午
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shàng wǔ
  1. morning
  2. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上
shǎng
  1. 1 see 上聲|上声[shǎng shēng]
上班
shàng bān
  1. 1 to go to work
  2. 2 to be on duty
  3. 3 to start work
  4. 4 to go to the office
下午
xià wǔ
  1. 1 afternoon
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 p.m.
早上
zǎo shang
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 in the evening
上下
shàng xià
  1. 1 up and down
  2. 2 top and bottom
  3. 3 old and new
  4. 4 length
  5. 5 about
上来
shàng lái
  1. 1 to come up
  2. 2 to approach
  3. 3 (verb complement indicating success)
上传
shàng chuán
  1. 1 to upload
上午
shàng wǔ
  1. 1 morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
上去
shàng qù
  1. 1 to go up
上台
shàng tái
  1. 1 to rise to power (in politics)
  2. 2 to go on stage (in the theater)
上司
shàng si
  1. 1 boss
  2. 2 superior
上场
shàng chǎng
  1. 1 on stage
  2. 2 to go on stage
  3. 3 to take the field
上天
shàng tiān
  1. 1 Heaven
  2. 2 Providence
  3. 3 God
  4. 4 the day before
  5. 5 the sky above
  6. 6 to fly to the sky
  7. 7 to take off and fly into space
  8. 8 to die
  9. 9 to pass away
上学
shàng xué
  1. 1 to go to school
  2. 2 to attend school
上市
shàng shì
  1. 1 to hit the market (of a new product)
  2. 2 to float (a company on the stock market)
上帝
Shàng dì
  1. 1 God
上床
shàng chuáng
  1. 1 to go to bed
  2. 2 (coll.) to have sex
上升
shàng shēng
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to go up
  3. 3 to ascend
上映
shàng yìng
  1. 1 to show (a movie)
  2. 2 to screen

Idioms (20)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
  1. 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
  3. 3 people who will sink or swim together
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
  1. 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
  2. 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
  1. 1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
  2. 2 unfit for a public role
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策，下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
上气不接下气
shàng qì bù jiē xià qì
  1. 1 out of breath (idiom)
  2. 2 to gasp for air
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
力争上游
lì zhēng shàng yóu
  1. 1 to strive for mastery (idiom); aiming for the best result
  2. 2 to have high ambitions
包在我身上
bāo zài wǒ shēn shang
  1. 1 leave it to me (idiom)
  2. 2 I'll take care of it

Sample Sentences

昨天上午，当记者走进这家店时，一位顾客正端着一盘糕点前往自助收银台结账。
zuótiān shàngwǔ ，dāng jìzhě zǒujìn zhè jiā diàn shí ，yī wèi gùkè zhēng duān zhe yī pán gāodiǎn qiánwǎng zìzhù shōuyíntái jiézhàng 。
Yesterday morning, when the reporter walked into the shop, a customer was holding a tray of pastries and walking towards the self service check out
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上午九点，庆祝中国人民解放军建军九十周年阅兵在朱日和联合训练基地举行。这是新中国成立以来第一次为建军节举行的阅兵，我们看到了抓铁有痕、踏石留印的国防和军队改革带给中国军队的新气象
shàngwǔ jiǔ diǎn ，qìngzhù ZhōngguóRénmínJiěfàngjūn jiàn jūn jiǔshí zhōunián yuèbīng zài Zhūrìhé liánhé xùnliàn jīdì jǔxíng 。zhè shì Xīn Zhōngguó chénglì yǐlái dìyīcì wèi Jiànjūnjié jǔxíng de yuèbīng ，wǒmen kàndào le zhuā tiě yǒu hén 、tà shí liú yìn de guófáng hé jūnduì gǎigé dàigěi Zhōngguó jūnduì de Xīn qìxiàng
At 9 in the morning, the military parade held at Zhurihe and the joint exercises base celebrating the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. This is the first time a military inspection has been held on Army Day since the formation of the new China, we see an excellent level of achievement for national defense and the new image that the army reform is bringing to the national troops.
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我也记得周末都被塞得满满的，周六上午参加书法班，下午舞蹈班，周日上午英语培训班，下午美术培训班，可是我还真没觉得累，下课以后就屁颠屁颠跑去买跳跳糖溜溜球。
wǒ yě jìde zhōumò dōu bèi sāi de mǎnmǎnde ，zhōuliù shàngwǔ cānjiā shūfǎ bān ，xiàwǔ wǔdǎo bān ，zhōurì shàngwǔ yīngyǔ péixùnbān ，xiàwǔ měishù péixùnbān ，kěshì wǒ hái zhēn méi juéde lèi ，xiàkè yǐhòu jiù pìdiānpìdiān pǎo qù mǎi tiàotiàotáng liūliūqiú 。
I also remember that my weekends were all really busy. On Saturday morning I went to calligraphy classes, then dance classes in the afternoon. On Sundays I had English classes, and then art classes in the afternoon. But I really didn't feel tired. When I got off class I would happily run off to buy pop rocks and play with my yo-yo.
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为期三天的第三届世界互联网大会今天上午在乌镇落下帷幕了，亲历现场，收获颇丰。
wéiqī sān tiān de dì sān jiè shìjiè hùliánwǎng dàhuì jīntiānshàngwǔ zài Wūzhèn làxià wéimù le ，qīnlì xiànchǎng ，shōuhuò pō fēng 。
The curtain fell on the three-day 3rd World Internet Conference this morning in Wuzhen, with those who attended coming away with a lot.
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上午
shàngwǔ
before noon
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现在上午八点
xiànzài shàngwǔ bā diǎn
It's now 8am.
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上午好。
shàngwǔ hǎo 。
Good morning.
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上午好。
shàngwǔ hǎo 。
Good morning.
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巴黎消防部门16日上午说，大火在大约15个小时后扑灭。
Bālí xiāofáng bùmén rì shàngwǔ shuō ，dàhuǒ zài dàyuē ge xiǎoshí hòu pūmiè 。
The Paris fire department said on 16th morning that the fire was extinguished after about 15 hours.
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11日上午，阿桑奇在众目睽睽之下被英国警方“拖出”位于伦敦市中心的厄瓜多尔大使馆，“塞进”一辆灰色警车。
rì shàngwǔ ， zài zhòngmùkuíkuí zhīxià bèi Yīngguó jǐngfāng “tuō chū ”wèiyú Lúndūn shìzhōngxīn de Èguāduōěr dàshǐguǎn ，“Sāi jìn ”yī liàng huīsè jǐngchē 。
On 11th morning, the crowd watched Assange “dragged out” by the British police from the Ecuadorian Embassy in central London, and “pushed into” a gray police car.
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