# 中午 (zhōngwǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 中午 (zhōngwǔ) means “noon”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: noon
- Pinyin: zhōngwǔ (zhong1 wu3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 1
- HSK 2.0 · Level 1
- Measure word: 个

## Examples

- 今天中午我们吃什么？
  Jīntiān zhōngwǔ wǒmen chī shénme?
  What do we eat at noon today?

## Characters

- [中](https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-middle/) (zhōng): middle; center
- 午 (wǔ): ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)

https://hanziro.com/word/zhong-wu-noon/

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