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| 上 - Time (1) |
Time (2) |
Pronouns - 下 |
| noon | 正午 | zing3 ng5 (jing ng) |
noon (alt) | 中午 | zung1 ng5 (joong ng) |
| a.m. (morning) | 上午 | soeng6 ng5 (serng ng) |
(in the) morning | 朝早 | ziu1 zou2 |
| afternoon | 下午 | haa6 ng5 (har ng) |
afternoon | 下晝 | haa6 zau3 |
| p.m. (evening) | 晚上 | maan5
soeng6 (marn serng) |
(in the) evening | 夜晚 | je6 maan5 |
| this morning | 今朝 | gam1 ziu1 | after midnight | 零晨 | ling4 san4 |
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Examples (all spoken Cantonese) |
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| 两點四十三分 | 2:43 (a.m. or p.m. not specified) |
| 七點三 / 七點十五分 | 7:15 (a.m. or p.m. not specified) |
| 上午八點鐘 / 朝早八點鐘 | 8am, 8 in the morning (08:00) |
| 今朝五點八 | twenty to six this morning (05:40) |
| 夜晚十一點鐘 / 晚上十一點鐘 | 11 o'clock in the evening |
| 零晨两點半 | half two in the morning (02:30) |
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