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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
午後
- afternoon; p.m.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
下午 (“afternoon”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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下午
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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後半晌兒, 後晌兒, 下午, 下半晌兒
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Taiwan
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下午
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Harbin
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下午, 午後, 後半晌兒, 後晌兒, 下半晌兒, 下晌兒, 下晌
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Shenyang
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下晌
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Malaysia
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下午
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Singapore
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下午
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Jilu Mandarin
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Rizhao
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過午, 過晌
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Jinan
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過午, 過晌午
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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晌歪
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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後半晌兒, 後晌兒
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Wanrong
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後晌
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Xi'an
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後半兒, 後晌
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Xining
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下半天, 後晌
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Xuzhou
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後晌午, 晚半天
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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後晌, 下半天, 後半天
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Lanzhou
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下半天, 後晌
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Ürümqi
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後晌, 下午, 晚半天
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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下半天, 下午
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Chongqing
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下午, 下半天, 下半天兒
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Wuhan
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下半天
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Guiyang
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少午, 下午些, 下半天, 下午
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Kunming
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下午
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Guilin
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下午
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Liuzhou
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下午, 下半天
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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下午, 午後
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Yangzhou
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飯後, 下午
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Hefei
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下午
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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下晝, 下晏, 晏晝
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Hong Kong
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下晝, 晏晝
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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下晝
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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下晝
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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下晝
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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下晝
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Macau
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下晝
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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下晝
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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下晝
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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下晏
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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下半日
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Foshan
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下晝
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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下晝
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Foshan (Shunde)
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晏晝
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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下晝
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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下晏
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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下晝
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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下晝
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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下晝
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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下晝
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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下晝
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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下晝
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Taishan
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下晝, 晏晝
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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下晝
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Enping (Niujiang)
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下晝
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Heshan (Yayao)
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下晝
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Maoming (Beixipo, Dianbai; Malan)
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下晏
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Maoming (Bengtangque, Dianbai; Malan)
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下晏
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Maoming (Binglanghua, Dianbai; Malan)
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下晏
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Dongguan
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下晝
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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下晝
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Qingyuan
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下晏
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Fogang
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下晏
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Yingde (Hanguang)
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下晝
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Yangshan
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下晏
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Lianshan (Butian)
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晚
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Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
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下午
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Shaoguan
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下午
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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下午, 下晝
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Renhua
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下晏
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Lechang
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下午, 下晝
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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下晝
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Sihui
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下晝
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Guangning
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下晝
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Deqing
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下晝, 下午
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Huaiji
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晚
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Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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晚間
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Yunfu
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下晝
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Xinxing
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下午
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Luoding
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下晝
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Yunan (Pingtai)
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下晝
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Yangjiang
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下晏, 下午
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Xinyi
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下晏, 下午
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Maoming (Xinpo)
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下晏
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Lianjiang
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下晏
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Wuchuan (Wuyang)
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下午, 下晏
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Nanning
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下午, 下晝, 晏晝
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Wuzhou
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下午, 下晝, 晏晝
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Yulin
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下午
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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下午, 下半日
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Hepu (Shatian)
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下午
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Guiping
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下午
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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下晏
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Guigang (Nanjiang)
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晏晝
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Baise
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下午
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Bobai
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下午
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Lingshan
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下午
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Pubei
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下午
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Qinzhou
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下晏
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Beihai
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下午, 下半日
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Beihai (Nankang)
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下半日
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Beihai (Yingpan)
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下半日
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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下晏
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Ningming
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下午
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Hengzhou
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晏晝
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Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
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下午
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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下晏
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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下晝
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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下晝
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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下晝
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Móng Cái
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下晏
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Gan
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Nanchang
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下晝
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Pengze
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下晝
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Lichuan
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下晝
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Pingxiang
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下晝, 下界
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Hakka
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Meixian
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下晝, 下晝頭
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Xingning
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下晡
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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下午
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Huiyang
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下晝
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Huidong (Daling)
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下晝
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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晝晨頭, 下晝
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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下晝
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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下晡, 下晝
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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下晝晨, 下晝, 下晝頭, 下晡頭, 暗晡
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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下晝
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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下晝
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Wengyuan
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下晝
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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下晝
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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下晝
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Liannan
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下晝
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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下晝
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Jiexi
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下晝
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Luhe
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下晝時
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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下晝
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Changting
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下晝
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Wuping
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下晝
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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下晝
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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下晝
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Liancheng
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下晝
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Ninghua
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下晡, 下晝
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Yudu
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下晡, 下半工, 後半工
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Ningdu
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下晡
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Ruijin
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下晝, 下晡
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Shicheng
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晡辰
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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下暝
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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下晝
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
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下晝
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Dayu
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下晝
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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下晝, 下晝頭
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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下晝, 下晝頭
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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下晝, 下晝頭
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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下晝, 下晝頭
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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下晝, 下晝頭
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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下晝, 下晝時頭
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Hong Kong
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下晝
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Yangxi (Tangkou)
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下晝
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Yangchun (Sanjia)
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下晝
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Xinyi (Sihe)
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下晏
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Xinyi (Qianpai)
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下晏
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Gaozhou (Xindong)
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晏間頭
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Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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下晝
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Huazhou (Xin'an)
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下晝
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Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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下晝, 下晝頭
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Lianjiang (Qingping)
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下晝
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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下晝
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Luchuan
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下晝
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
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下午
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Beiliu (Tang'an)
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下午
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Mashan (Pianlian)
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下午
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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下晝
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Senai (Huiyang)
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下晝
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Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
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下晝
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Singkawang
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下晝
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Pontianak (Meixian)
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下晝
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Bangkok (Meixian)
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下晝
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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下半日, 後半日, 下晝
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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後晌, 下午
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Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)
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後晌
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Xinzhou
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後晌
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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晝了
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Jian'ou (Dikou)
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晝了
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Songxi
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晝了
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Zhenghe
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晝了
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Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
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晝了
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Jianyang
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晝了
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Wuyishan
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晝了
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Pucheng (Shibei)
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晝了
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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下晝
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Fuzhou (Changle)
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下晝時
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Fuqing
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下晝
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Yongtai
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下晝
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Gutian
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下晝
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Fu'an
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下晝
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Ningde
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下晝
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Shouning
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下晝頭
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Zhouning
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下晝
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Fuding
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下晝
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Matsu
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下晝
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Singapore (Fuqing)
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下晝
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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下晡, 暗晡
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Quanzhou
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下晡, 暗晡
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Jinjiang
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下晡, 下晝
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Hui'an
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暗晡
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Yongchun
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下晝, 下晡
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Zhangzhou
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下晡
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Zhangzhou (Longhai)
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下晡, 晡流
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Zhao'an
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下旰, 下午 4 or 5 p.m.
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Taipei
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下午, 下晝, 下晡
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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下晝, 下晡
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Kaohsiung
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下晝, 下晡
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Yilan
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下晝, 下晡
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Changhua (Lukang)
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下昏, 下晝, 下晡, 下晡時
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Taichung
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下晡, 下晝, 下晡時
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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下晡
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Tainan
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下晝, 下晡
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Taitung
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下晡
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Hsinchu
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下晡, 下晝
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Kinmen
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下晝
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Penghu (Magong)
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下晝
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Penang (Hokkien)
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日晝
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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下晡, 下晡時, 暗晡, 暗晡時
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Manila (Hokkien)
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暗晡, 下晡
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Medan (Hokkien)
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下晡
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Chaozhou
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下旰
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Shantou
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下旰
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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下旰
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Jieyang
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下旰
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Haifeng
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下晝
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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下旰
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Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
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下旰
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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下旰
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Singapore (Teochew)
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下旰
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Batam (Teochew)
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下旰
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Leizhou
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下旰, 日晝後
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Wenchang
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下旰
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Haikou
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下旰, 下刻
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Qionghai
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下旰
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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下旰
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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下晝
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Xianyou
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下晝
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Central Min
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Yong'an
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晝嘍
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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下旰
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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下旰
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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下午, 晏中
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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下午
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Shehua
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Fu'an
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下晝
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Fuding
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陰晝頭
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Luoyuan
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下晝
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Hua'an
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下晝
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Guixi (Zhangping)
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下晝
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Cangnan
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日晝時
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Longyou
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下半日
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Chaozhou
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下晝
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Fengshun
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下晝時
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Wu
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Shanghai
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下半日, 下半天, 下晝 dated, 後半日
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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下半日, 下半天
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Suzhou
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下晚晝, 下半日
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Danyang
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下晝, 飯後
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Hangzhou
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下半日, 晏晝頭
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Ningbo
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下半日, 下半日頭
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Wenzhou
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後半日, 下半日
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Jinhua
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午罷
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Xiang
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Changsha
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下午, 下晝, 下半日
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Loudi
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下界, 下界唧
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Shuangfeng
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下家
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Quanzhou
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下午
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Antonyms
Japanese
Alternative spelling
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午后 (rare)
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午前と午後 on Japanese Wikipedia
Etymology
Compound of 午 (go, “noon”) + 後 (-go, “after-, post-”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
午後 • (gogo)
- afternoon, PM
- 午後 4時半
- gogo yoji han
- half past four PM
See also
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
午後 • (ohu) (hangeul 오후)
- hanja form? of 오후 (“afternoon”)