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你好
- Nǐ hǎo {You good.}
- Hello. (Nin hao is the respectful version.)
- 你 sideman, crown, small
- 好 woman, child
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早上
- zǎo shang {morning above}
- morning
- 早 sun ten (sun above horiz.)
- 上 down side one (4th tone by itself-- or in 早上好!
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晚上
- wǎnshang {evening on} (Even though SHANG4 loses its tone in this combo, it still carries strong stress.)
- evening
- 晚 sidesun birth
- 免 (now 娩, both pron. miǎn) crownhooked, opening, legs (an image of childbirth; 免 now in senses of escape only)
- MN: sun escaping
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下午
- xià wǔ {down noon}
- afternoon
- 下 one down dotR
- 午 dotL one one down
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