上午

• 拼音: shàng wǔ
• 汉字拆解: 上 = upper/first half; 午 = originally a pictograph of a pestle, later borrowed for 'noon'

含义

Morning; forenoon; AM. The period from dawn until noon.

Refers specifically to the morning hours before noon, roughly from sunrise to 12:00. Used as a time word before verbs. Part of the daily time sequence: 早上 (early morning) → 上午 (morning/AM) → 中午 (noon) → 下午 (afternoon/PM) → 晚上 (evening). More formal than 早上.

例句

1. 上午我在学校上课。
2. 他上午去了医院。
3. 请你上午来。

用法指南

语境: time, daily routine

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 上午九点我有课。(I have class at 9 AM.)
• 明天上午你有空吗？(Are you free tomorrow morning?)

错误说法

• 在上午的八点。(Unnecessarily formal — say 上午八点 directly, dropping 在 and 的)

起源与历史

A compound of 上 (first half/upper) and 午 (noon), literally 'before noon' — the upper half of the day.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal