morning; forenoon
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
morning; forenoon; the first half of the day
informalColloquial term for the morning hours. Can take the '-r' suffix (上半天儿) in spoken language.
Shàng上
bàn半
tiān天
wǒ我
yǒu有
sān三
jié节
kè课
。
I have three classes in the morning.
Tā他
shàng上
bàn半
tiān天
zài在
jiā家
xiū休
xi息
，
xià下
bàn半
tiān天
chū出
qù去
bàn办
shì事
。
He rests at home in the first half of the day and goes out to handle affairs in the second half.
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Shàng上
bàn半
tiān天
r儿
tiān天
qì气
hái还
tǐng挺
hǎo好
de的
。
The weather was quite nice in the morning.