morning; forenoon (dialectal)
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morning; forenoon
dialectDialectal term used in northern Chinese, often with an optional -r suffix (上半晌儿).
Shàng上
bǎn半
shǎng晌
r儿
de的
shí时
hou候
，
dì地
lǐ里
yǐ已
jīng经
yǒu有
bù不
shǎo少
rén人
gàn干
huó活
r儿
le了
。
By mid-morning, there were already quite a few people working in the fields.
Tā他
xí习
guàn惯
zài在
shàng上
bǎn半
shǎng晌
chǔ处
lǐ理
zuì最
kùn困
nan难
de的
gōng工
zuò作
。
He is used to tackling the most difficult work in the morning.
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Shàng上
bǎn半
shǎng晌
tiān天
qì气
hái还
bǐ比
jiào较
liáng凉
shuǎng爽
，
xià下
wǔ午
jiù就
rè热
qǐ起
lái来
le了
。
The weather is still quite cool in the morning, but it gets hot in the afternoon.