We had a meal after noon.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
午后
afternoon
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
afternoon
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 午后 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 午后 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
On a clear October day, Naini Lake shimmers in the afternoon sun as boatmen row tourists across the hill resort’s prime attraction nestled amid lush, pine-clothed Himalayan peaks.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 午后.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 午后.
Directly before
- 我们午后1
- 到午后1
- 的午后1
- 在午后1
Directly after
- 午后吃1
- 午后阳光1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 午后
What does 午后 mean in Chinese?
午后 (wǔhòu) means afternoon.
How do you pronounce 午后?
午后 is pronounced wǔhòu.
Is 午后 an HSK word?
午后 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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