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晨

chén

HSK 6 Character

What 晨 means

1. morning
2. dawn
3. daybreak

Example sentences

• 她清晨离开了。
  Tā qīngchén líkāi le.
  She left early in the morning.
• 他每天早晨溜狗。
  Tā měitiān zǎochén liūgǒu.
  He walks his dog every morning.
• 他每天早晨读报。
  Tā měitiān zǎochén dúbào.
  He reads the newspaper every morning.
• 我们聊到凌晨两点。
  We talked until two in the morning.
• 我在暑假里早晨学习。
  Wǒ zài shǔjià lǐ zǎochén xuéxí.
  I studied in the morning during the summer vacation.
• 从清晨开始一直下雨。
  Cóng qīngchén kāishǐ yīzhí xiàyǔ.
  It's been raining since early morning.

Words starting with 晨

• 晨报chén bàomorning newspaper; (in a newspaper's name) Morning Post
• 晨曦chén xīfirst rays of morning sun; first glimmer of dawn
• 晨练chén liànmorning exercise
• 晨昏chén hūnmorning and twilight; day and night
• 晨勃chén bómorning erection
• 晨星chén xīngmorning stars
• 晨歌chén gēmorning chorus (birdsong)
• 晨祷chén dǎo(Anglican) matins; (Catholic) lauds
• 晨跑chén pǎoto go for a morning run
• 晨间chén jiān(of the) morning
• 晨露chén lùmorning dew
• 晨昏定省chén hūn dìng xǐngmorning and evening visits to parents; cf 昏定晨省
• 晨钟暮鼓chén zhōng mù gǔlit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom)…

Words containing 晨

• 凌晨líng chénvery early in the morning; in the wee hours
• 清晨qīng chénearly morning
• 早晨zǎo chénearly morning; also pr. zǎo chen
• 今晨jīn chénthis morning
• 侵晨qīn chéntowards dawn
• 北京晨报Běi jīng Chén bàoBeijing Morning Post, newspaper published 1998-2018
• 华商晨报Huá shāng Chén bàoChina Business Morning Post (morning edition of China Business News 华商报)
• 昏定晨省hūn dìng chén xǐngseeing to bed in the evening and visiting in the morning (ancient filial duty)
• 霜晨shuāng chénfrosty morning
• 暮鼓晨钟mù gǔ chén zhōnglit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice…
• 寥若晨星liáo ruò chén xīngrare as morning stars (idiom); few and far between; sparse
• 牝鸡司晨pìn jī sī chénfemale chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority…
• 一日之计在于晨yī rì zhī jì zài yú chénmake your day's plan early in the morning (idiom); early morning is the golden time of…

Characters built on 辰

These share the phonetic component 辰 (chén), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 震zhènto shake; to vibrate; to jolt
• 娠shēnpregnant
• 宸chénimperial apartments
• 蜃shèngiant clam; (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of…
• 赈zhènto provide relief; to aid

Characters that look like 晨

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 巢cháonest
• 屑xièbits; fragments; crumbs
• 粟sùmillet; (metonym) grain
• 羡xiànto envy
• 晟shèngbrightness of sun; splendor; also pr. chéng
• 聂nièto whisper

Sounds the same

Read chén, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沉to submerge; to immerse; to sink
• 尘dust; dirt; earth
• 陈(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state…
• 臣state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant…
• 辰5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon…
• 宸imperial apartments
• 忱sincerity; honesty
• 谌faithful; sincere
• 蔯a variety of artemisia
• 梣Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis)
• 茞fragrant plant; angelica
• 煁brazier