正午

Chinese

		just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year	7th earthly branch; 11 a.m.–1 p.m., noon
simp. and trad. (正午)		正	午
anagram		午正

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèngwǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ ng⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-ngó͘ / chèng-gó͘ / chiàⁿ-gó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngwǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngwǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-wu³
  - Yale: jèng-wǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqwuu
  - Palladius: чжэнъу (čžɛnʺu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ u²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ ng⁵
  - Yale: jing ńgh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ ng⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing³ ng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ ŋ̍¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-ngó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-ngóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeangngor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ŋɔ̃⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-gó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-góo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeanggor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàⁿ-gó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsiànn-góo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviargor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɡɔ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

正午

noon; midday

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 中午 (“noon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		午, 日中
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		中午, 午間, 正午, 午正
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	中午, 晌午
	Taiwan	中午
	Chengde	中午, 晌午
	Ulanhot	晌乎
	Tongliao	晌乎
	Chifeng	中午, 晌午
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	中午, 晌乎
	Heihe	中午, 晌午
	Qiqihar	中午, 晌午
	Harbin	中午, 晌午, 晌天, 晌午頭子, 晌午頭兒
	Jiamusi	中午, 晌午
	Baicheng	中午, 晌午
	Changchun	中午, 晌午
	Tonghua	晌午
	Shenyang	中午, 晌午, 正午
	Jinzhou	中午, 晌午, 正午
	Malaysia	中午
	Singapore	中午
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	中午, 晌午頭兒
	Tangshan	中午, 晌午, 正午
	Cangzhou	中午, 晌午, 晌午頭兒
	Baoding	晌午
	Shijiazhuang	晌午
	Lijin	晌午
	Rizhao	晌午
	Jinan	晌午, 中午
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	晌兒午
	Dandong	中午, 晌午
	Yantai	晌午
	Yantai (Muping)	晌午兒, 晌午頭兒
	Qingdao	晌午, 晌午頭兒
	Zhucheng	晌晚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	晌午
	Lingbao	晌午
	Jining	中午, 晌午
	Wanrong	晌午
	Linfen	晌午
	Shangqiu	中午, 晌翁
	Yuanyang	中午, 晌午, 正午
	Zhengzhou	晌午
	Xinyang	晌午
	Baihe	中午
	Xi'an	中午, 晌午
	Baoji	中午, 晌午
	Tianshui	晌午
	Xining	中午, 晌午
	Xuzhou	晌午, 晌午頭兒, 中午
	Fuyang	中午, 晌午
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	中午, 晌午
	Bayanhot	中午
	Lanzhou	中午, 晌午
	Dunhuang	中午
	Hami	中午, 晌午
	Ürümqi	晌午, 半晌午, 中午
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	晌午, 中午
	Nanchong	中午, 晌午, 正午
	Dazhou	晌午
	Hanyuan	中午
	Xichang	中午, 正午, 晌午
	Zigong	中午
	Chongqing	中午, 晌午
	Wuhan	中時, 中午, 正午
	Yichang	中午, 正午
	Xiangyang	中午, 晌午
	Tianmen	中午, 中間時節
	Guiyang	中午, 中午些, 晌午
	Zunyi	中午
	Bijie	早飯時候
	Liping	晌午
	Zhaotong	晌午
	Dali	晌午
	Kunming	中午, 晌午
	Mengzi	中午
	Guilin	晌午, 中午
	Liuzhou	晌午, 中午
	Jishou	中午, 半日
	Changde	中午, 正午
	Hanzhong	中午, 晌午
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	中上, 中午
	Yangzhou	中午, 中上, 中半天, 正午
	Lianyungang	中午, 正午, 正午時, 晌心
	Lianshui	中午, 天中, 中晌心
	Nantong	中上, 晝下
	Anqing	中午
	Wuhu	中午, 中上
	Hefei	中午, 中晌
	Hong'an	正午, 正中時
Cantonese	Guangzhou	晏晝
	Hong Kong	晏晝
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	晏晝
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	晏晝
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	晏晝
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	晏晝
	Macau	晏晝
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	晏晝
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	晏晝
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	晏晝
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	晏晝
	Foshan	晏晝
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	晏晝
	Foshan (Shunde)	晏晝
	Foshan (Sanshui)	晏晝
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	晏晝
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	晏晝
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	晏晝
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	晏晝
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	晏晝
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	晏晝
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	晏晝
	Taishan	晏晝
	Kaiping (Chikan)	晏晝
	Enping (Niujiang)	晏晝
	Heshan (Yayao)	晏晝
	Dongguan	晏晝
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	晏晝
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	晏晝
	Qingyuan	晏晝
	Fogang	晏晝
	Yingde (Hanguang)	晏晝
	Yangshan	晏晝, 晏頭
	Lianshan (Butian)	晏頭
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	中午
	Shaoguan	晏晝
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	晏晝
	Renhua	晏晝
	Lechang	晏晝
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	晏晝
	Sihui	晏晝
	Guangning	晏晝
	Deqing	晏晝
	Huaiji	晏
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	晏間
	Yunfu	晏晝, 正晏
	Xinxing	正晏
	Luoding	晏晝
	Yunan (Pingtai)	晏晝
	Yangjiang	晏晝, 中午
	Xinyi	中午
	Maoming (Xinpo)	晏晝頭
	Lianjiang	晏晝
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	中午
	Nanning	晏晝, 晏中
	Wuzhou	晏晝
	Yulin	晏時, 到晏
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	熱中頭, 熱中, 日中頭, 日中
	Hepu (Shatian)	日中
	Guiping	晏中
	Mengshan (Xihe)	晏
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	晏中
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	到晏
	Baise	晏晝
Bobai	晏晝
Lingshan	晏中
Pubei	晏中
Qinzhou	晏晝
Beihai	日中頭, 晏晝, 日中
Beihai (Nankang)	晏晝
Beihai (Yingpan)	日中
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	晏晝頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	晏晝
Ningming	晏晝
Hengzhou	中午
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	日頭晏
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	正晏, 中午
Dongxing	晏晝
Danzhou	晏
Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)	熱頭中
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	晏晝
Singapore (Guangfu)	晏晝
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	晏晝
Móng Cái	正晏, 中午
Yangon (Taishan)	中午, 晏晝
Mandalay (Taishan)	晏晝
Gan	Nanchang	當晝
	Pengze	中時
	Lichuan	晝上
	Pingxiang	中時, 日中, 中午
Hakka	Meixian	當晝, 當晝頭, 晝邊
	Xingning	當晝, 當晝頭
	Dabu (Gaobei)	當晝
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	當晝
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	當晝
	Fengshun (Pantian)	當晝
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	晏晝
	Huiyang	晝晨頭
	Huidong (Daling)	晝晨頭
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	晏晝
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	晝邊晨
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	晏晝
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	當晝
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	當晝晨, 當晝, 當晝頭
	Wuhua (Changbu)	當晝
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	當晝, 當午頭
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	晏晝
	Wengyuan	晝邊
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	晏晝
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	晝頭
	Liannan	晏晝
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	晏晝
	Jiexi	當晝
	Luhe	當晝心
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	打當晝
	Changting	晝邊, 當晝
	Wuping	晝邊
	Wuping (Yanqian)	當晝
	Wuping (Pingyu)	當晝
	Liancheng	晝邊
	Ninghua	晝邊
	Ningdu	晏晝
	Ruijin	當晝
	Shicheng	晝邊哩
	Shangyou (Shexi)	晏晝
	Tonggu (Sandu)	當晝子
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	晏晝
	Dayu	晏早
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當晝, 當晝頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	當晝, 當晝頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當晝, 當晝頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當晝, 當晝頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當晝, 當晝頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	當晝, 當晝時, 當晝時頭
	Hong Kong	晏晝
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	晏晝
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	晏晝
	Xinyi (Sihe)	晏晝
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	晏晝
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	中午
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	食晏, 晏晝頭
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	晏晝
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	晏晝, 晏晝頭
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	晏晝
	Mengshan (Xihe)	晏晝
	Luchuan	晏晝
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	晏晝
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	中午
	Mashan (Pianlian)	中午
	Sabah (Longchuan)	當晝, 晏晝
	Senai (Huiyang)	中午
	Kuching (Hepo)	當晝
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	中晝
	Singkawang	當晝
Pontianak (Meixian)	晝
Bangkok (Meixian)	晝邊
Huizhou	Jixi	當晝
Huizhou	Shexian	中飯邊, 正中飯
Jin	Taiyuan	中午, 晌午
	Yangyuan	中午, 晌午, 正午
	Datong	晌午
	Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)	晌午
	Xinzhou	晌午
	Lüliang (Lishi)	晌午
	Changzhi	晌午
	Taibus (Baochang)	中午
	Linhe	中午, 晌午
	Jining	中午, 晌午
	Hohhot	中午, 晌午
	Baotou	中午
	Dongsheng	晌午
	Haibowan	晌午
	Erenhot	晌午
	Pingshan	晌午
	Zhangjiakou	中午, 晌午
	Handan	晌午
	Linzhou	晌午
	Suide	晌午
Northern Min	Jian'ou	當晝
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	日晝
	Songxi	當晝
	Zhenghe	晝時
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	日晝
	Jianyang	當晝, 晝時
	Wuyishan	當晝
	Pucheng (Shibei)	當晝, 晝邊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	中晝, 中午, 日晝, 日頭晝
	Fuzhou (Changle)	中晝
	Lianjiang	日晝
	Fuqing	中午晝, 中晝
	Pingtan	中晝
	Yongtai	中午晝
	Minqing	中午
	Gutian	中晝, 日晝
	Pingnan	日晝
	Luoyuan	日晝
	Fu'an	中晝
	Ningde	日晝
	Xiapu	中晝
	Zherong	日頭晝
	Shouning	日晝, 中晝
	Zhouning	日頭晝
	Fuding	日頭晝
	Matsu	日晝
Southern Min	Xiamen	下晝, 日晝, 日中晝, 日當晝, 中晝, 當晝, 透晝
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	日晝
	Quanzhou	下晝, 日晝, 中晝, 透日晝
	Jinjiang	日晝, 日晝中
	Nan'an	日晝
	Shishi	日晝
	Hui'an	日晝
	Anxi	日晝
	Yongchun	日晝
	Dehua	日晝
	Zhangzhou	下晝, 日晝, 日中晝, 中晝, 當晝, 透晝, 透日晝
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	中晝
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	中晝, 日晝
	Hua'an	中晝, 日晝
	Nanjing	日晝
	Pinghe	日晝
	Zhangpu	日晝, 中晝
	Yunxiao	中晝
	Zhao'an	日晝
	Dongshan	日中晝, 正晝
	Taipei	中晝, 透中晝
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	透中晝
	Kaohsiung	中晝, 透中晝, 透中晝心, 下晝
	Yilan	中晝, 透中晝
	Changhua (Lukang)	中晝, 透中晝, 晝矣
	Taichung	中晝, 透中晝
	Taichung (Wuqi)	中晝
	Tainan	中晝, 透中晝
	Taitung	中晝
	Hsinchu	中晝
	Kinmen	中晝, 此中晝
	Penghu (Magong)	中晝
	Penang (Hokkien)	日晝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	下晝, 日晝, 中晝, 中晝時
	Manila (Hokkien)	下晝, 日晝, 中晝
	Medan (Hokkien)	中晝
	Longyan	中晝, 當晝
	Zhangping	中晝, 日晝
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	當晝, 日晝
	Datian	中晝
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	日頭
	Pingnan (Pingtian)	日到
	Guiping (Xiaowen)	中午, 日晝
	Guiping (Dongsheng)	中午, 日晝
	Yuhuan (Kanmen)	日兜
	Chaozhou	日晝, 對晝, 當晝
	Shantou	日晝
	Shantou (Chenghai)	日晝, 對晝, 當晝
	Jieyang	日晝, 日晝頭
	Haifeng	中午, 當晝, 當晝時
	Bangkok (Teochew)	日晝
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	日晝
	Singapore (Teochew)	日晝
	Batam (Teochew)	當晝
	Leizhou	日晝
	Wenchang	日頭晝, 日晝, 中午
	Haikou	日晝
	Qionghai	日頭晝, 日晝, 中午
Puxian Min	Putian	中午時, 中午晝, 中晝
Puxian Min	Xianyou	中午時, 中午晝, 中晝
Central Min	Yong'an	日晝
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	對晝, 日晝
	Sanming (Shaxian)	對晝
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	日晝, 中午
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	日晝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	晏中, 午時
Southern Pinghua	Hengzhou (Baihe)	晏
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	晏時
Shehua	Fu'an	中晝
	Fuding	日頭晝
	Luoyuan	中晝
	Sanming	日晝
	Shunchang	一晝
	Hua'an	日晝
	Guixi (Zhangping)	日晝
	Cangnan	日晝
	Jingning (Hexi)	日晝頭
	Longyou	日晝
	Chaozhou	日晝
	Fengshun	中晝時
Wu	Shanghai	中午, 中浪向, 中浪, 日中心裡, 日中心
	Shanghai (Chongming)	下晝
	Suzhou	中浪, 中浪向, 日晝心裡
	Danyang	中飯頭, 中午
	Hangzhou	日中
	Ningbo	晝過, 晝過頭
	Linhai	日晝
	Yuhuan (Damaiyu)	日晭
	Yuhuan (Chumen)	日頭晭
	Wenzhou	日晝
	Jinhua	當午, 日中心
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	午飯中心
Xiang	Changsha	中時候, 中間子, 中午
	Loudi	中飯時際, 飯時際
	Shuangfeng	晚飯時家, 晌午
	Hengyang	晌午
	Quanzhou	晌午

Antonyms

子夜 (zǐyè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (正午):

→ Japanese: 正(しょう)午(ご) (shōgo)
→ Korean: 정오(正午) (jeong'o)
→ Vietnamese: chính ngọ (正午)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
正	午
しょう Grade: 1	ご Grade: 2
goon	on'yomi

正午 on Japanese Wikipedia

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーご [shóꜜògò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

正(しょう)午(ご) • (shōgo) ^{←しやうご (syaugo)^?}

noon, midday

Synonyms

真(ま)昼(ひる) (mahiru)

Antonyms

子(し)夜(や) (shiya, “midnight”)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
正	午

Noun

正午 • (jeong'o) (hangeul 정오)

hanja form^? of 정오 (“noon, midday”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
正	午

Noun

正午

chữ Hán form of chính ngọ (“noon, midday”).

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK7-2] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-3] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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正午

Contents

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Antonyms

Descendants

Japanese

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Antonyms

See also

References

Korean

Noun

Vietnamese

Noun