🌅 Morning, noon, afternoon

Unit 3 · Time, places & getting around (HSK 1) · 7 min

Time words go before the verb: 我上午工作，下午学习汉语 "I work in the morning and study Chinese in the afternoon." Not 我工作上午.

Words in this lesson

• 上午 (shàng wǔ) — morning (a.m.)
• 中午 (zhōng wǔ) — noon
• 下午 (xià wǔ) — afternoon
• 晚上 (wǎn shang) — evening
• 学习 (xué xí) — to study
• 睡觉 (shuì jiào) — to sleep

Project: Describe your day using 上午 / 中午 / 下午 / 晚上.