| 1 | 下午 | 下午 | xià wǔ | xia4 wu3 | afternoon; Classifiers: 个 ; p.m. | | |
| 2 | 上午 | 上午 | shàng wǔ | shang4 wu3 | morning; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 中午 | 中午 | zhōng wǔ | zhong1 wu3 | noon; midday; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 午饭 | 午飯 | wǔ fàn | wu3 fan4 | lunch; Classifiers: 份 | | |
| 5 | 午后 | 午後 | wǔ hòu | wu3 hou4 | afternoon | | |
| 6 | 午夜 | 午夜 | wǔ yè | wu3 ye4 | midnight | | |
| 7 | 午餐 | 午餐 | wǔ cān | wu3 can1 | lunch; luncheon; Classifiers: 份 | | |
| 8 | 下午茶 | 下午茶 | xià wǔ chá | xia4 wu3 cha2 | afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee) | | |
| 9 | 晌午 | 晌午 | shǎng wǔ | shang3 wu3 | noon | | |
| 10 | 午餐肉 | 午餐肉 | wǔ cān ròu | wu3 can1 rou4 | canned luncheon meat; Spam | | |
| 11 | 午安 | 午安 | wǔ ān | wu3 an1 | Good afternoon!; Hello (daytime greeting) | | |
| 12 | 午 | 午 | wǔ | wu3 | 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse; ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south) | | |
| 13 | 头午 | 頭午 | tóu wǔ | tou2 wu3 | (dialect) morning | | |
| 14 | 睡午觉 | 睡午覺 | shuì wǔ jiào | shui4 wu3 jiao4 | to have a nap | | |
| 15 | 子午线 | 子午線 | zǐ wǔ xiàn | zi3 wu3 xian4 | meridian | | |
| 16 | 壬午 | 壬午 | rén wǔ | ren2 wu3 | nineteenth year I7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2002 or 2062 | | |
| 17 | 牧神午后 | 牧神午後 | mù shén wǔ hòu | mu4 shen2 wu3 hou4 | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, by Claude Debussy based on poem by Stéphane Mallarmé | | |
| 18 | 军书旁午 | 軍書旁午 | jūn shū páng wǔ | jun1 shu1 pang2 wu3 | very busy with directing military operations (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 甲午 | 甲午 | jiǎ wǔ | jia3 wu3 | thirty-first year A7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1954 or 2014 | | |
| 20 | 庚午 | 庚午 | gēng wǔ | geng1 wu3 | seventh year G7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1990 or 2050 | | |
| 21 | 格林尼治本初子午线 | 格林尼治本初子午線 | gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn | Ge2 lin2 ni2 zhi4 ben3 chu1 zi3 wu3 xian4 | the Greenwich meridian | | |
| 22 | 端午节 | 端午節 | duān wǔ jié | Duan1 wu3 jie2 | Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) | | |
| 23 | 端午 | 端午 | duān wǔ | Duan1 wu3 | see 端午节 | | |
| 24 | 重午 | 重午 | chóng wǔ | chong2 wu3 | Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month) | | |
| 25 | 丙午 | 丙午 | bǐng wǔ | bing3 wu3 | forty-third year C7 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1966 or 2026 | | |