午正

午正

1. noon

   • 如今他二人每日卯正至此，午正方散。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Rújīn tā èr rén měirì mǎozhèng zhì cǐ, wǔzhèng fāng sàn. [Pinyin]

     Now the two of them come here at six in the morning and disperse at noon.

   • 從午正到申初，遍地都黑暗了。 [MSC, trad.]
     从午正到申初，遍地都黑暗了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 馬太福音 (Matthew) 27:45

     Cóng wǔzhèng dào shēn chū, biàndì dōu hēi'àn le. [Pinyin]

     Now from the sixth hour [= noon] there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour [= three o'clock].