午膳

Chinese

		7th earthly branch; 11 a.m.–1 p.m., noon	meals
trad. (午膳)		午	膳
simp. #(午膳)		午	膳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔshàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁵ sin⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔshàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔshàn
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-shan⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuushann
    • Palladius: ушань (ušanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁵ sin⁶
    • Yale: ńgh sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁵ sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁵ xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍¹³ siːn²²/

Noun

午膳

1. lunch
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     午膳時間：下午1時至下午2時 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     午膳时间：下午1时至下午2时 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     ng⁵ sin⁶ si⁴ gaan³: haa⁶ ng⁵ 1 si⁴ zi³ haa⁶ ng⁵ 2 si⁴ [Jyutping]

     Lunch break: 1 pm to 2 pm

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 午餐 (“lunch”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		午飯, 午餐, 午膳, 中餐, 中飯
Mandarin	Beijing	午飯, 晌午飯, 晌飯, 早飯 first meal in a two meal system
	Taiwan	午餐, 午飯, 中餐
	Harbin	晌午飯, 晌飯
	Yantai (Muping)	晌飯
	Jinan	午飯, 晌午飯, 中午飯
	Luoyang	晌午飯
	Wanrong	晌午飯
	Xi'an	晌午飯
	Yinchuan	晌午飯
	Lanzhou	晌午
	Xining	晌午
	Ürümqi	晌午飯, 中午飯
	Wuhan	中飯
	Chengdu	晌午, 午飯, 中飯
	Guiyang	午飯, 中飯
	Liuzhou	晌午飯, 晌午
	Xuzhou	中飯, 晌午飯
	Yangzhou	中飯
	Nanjing	中飯
	Hefei	中飯
	Singapore	午餐
Cantonese	Guangzhou	晏晝飯, 晏晝, 晏
	Hong Kong	晏晝飯, 晏晝, 晏, 中午飯, 午餐, lunch
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	晏晝
	Macau	晏
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	早飯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	晏
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	晏
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	晏晝
	Foshan	晏
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	晏
	Foshan (Sanshui)	晏晝
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	晏晝
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	晏晝
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	晏
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	晏
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	晏晝
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	晏晝
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	早朝
	Taishan	早朝, 晏晝
	Kaiping (Chikan)	早朝
	Enping (Niujiang)	早朝
	Heshan (Yayao)	晏晝
	Yangjiang	晏
Gan	Nanchang	晝飯, 中飯
	Lichuan	晝飯
	Pingxiang	中飯
Hakka	Meixian	晝
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	晏晝
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	晝
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	晝
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	晏晝
	Conghua (Lütian)	晏晝
	Yudu	晏晝
	Hong Kong	晝
Huizhou	Jixi	晝飯
Jin	Taiyuan	晌午飯, 中午飯
	Xinzhou	晌午飯
Northern Min	Jian'ou	晝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	晝
	Singapore (Fuqing)	晝
Southern Min	Xiamen	下晝頓, 日晝頓, 中晝頓, 下晝, 日晝, 中晝, 晝
	Quanzhou	下晝頓, 日晝頓, 下晝, 日晝, 晝
	Zhangzhou	下晝頓, 日晝頓, 中晝頓, 下晝, 日晝
	Tainan	中晝飯, 中晝頓
	Singapore (Hokkien)	日晝頓, 日晝, 下晝頓, 下晝, 下晡頓
	Manila (Hokkien)	日晝頓, 日晝, 下晝頓, 下晝
	Chaozhou	日晝
	Shantou	日晝飯
	Jieyang	日晝, 日晝飯, 日晝頓
	Singapore (Teochew)	下旰飯
	Leizhou	日晝糜
	Wenchang	日晝
	Haikou	日晝糜, 日晝
	Qionghai	日頭晝糜, 日晝
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	日晝, 日晝飯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	早飯
Wu	Shanghai	中飯
	Shanghai (Chongming)	點心
	Suzhou	中飯
	Danyang	晝飯, 中飯
	Hangzhou	中飯
	Ningbo	晝飯, 晝過飯
	Wenzhou	日晝, 日晝廚
	Jinhua	午飯
Xiang	Changsha	中飯
	Loudi	中飯
	Shuangfeng	中飯, 晌飯, 晚飯 second meal in a two meal system