morning; forenoon (dialect)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
morning; forenoon; the first half of the day (dialectal)
dialectChiefly used in northern Chinese dialects. Often pronounced with erhua (儿化) as 前半晌儿. Equivalent to 上半晌.
Qián前
bàn半
shǎng晌
tā他
hái还
zài在
jiā家
ne呢
，
xià下
wǔ午
cái才
chū出
qù去
de的
。
He was still at home in the morning and only went out in the afternoon.
Wǒ我
men们
qián前
bàn半
shǎng晌
kāi开
huì会
，
hòu后
bàn半
shǎng晌
gàn干
huó活
。
We have meetings in the morning and do work in the afternoon.
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Jīn今
er儿
qián前
bàn半
shǎng晌
tiān天
qì气
tǐng挺
hǎo好
，
shǎng晌
wǔ午
guò过
hòu后
jiù就
yīn阴
le了
。
The weather was quite nice this morning, but it got cloudy after noon.