晨 (san4 | chen2 shen2) : daybreak; early morning

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晨

san4

chen2 shen2

[1] early morning; daybreak; morning [2] [v] announce the arrival of morning (said of a cock); crow at down

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

晨

This word has been viewed 9310 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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早晨 zou2 san4 zao3 chen2 = good morning; morning

清晨 cing1 san4 qing1 chen2 = early morning

一日之計在於晨 jat1 jat6 zi1 gai3 zoi6 jyu1 san4 yi1 ri4 zhi1 ji4 zai4 yu2 chen2 = planning for the whole day will be done in the morning

昨晨 zok6 san4 zuo2 chen2 = yesterday morning 國

晨褸 san4 lau5*1 = robe 粵

晨運 san4 wan6 chen2 yun4 = morning exercise

晨早 san4 zou2 = dawn

今晨 gam1 san4 jin1 chen2 = this morning

侵晨 cam1 san4 qin1 chen2 = towards dawn

晨練 san4 lin6 chen2 lian4 = morning exercise

晨曦 san4 hei1 chen2 xi1 = first rays of the morning sun; dawn

晨光 san4 gwong1 chen2 guang4 = the light of the early morning sun; dawn

晨號 san4 hou6 chen2 hao4 = reveille

晨咁早 san4 gam3 zou2 = early in the morning 粵

寥若晨星 liu4 joek6 san4 sing1 liao2 ruo4 chen2 xing1 = very few; as few as the stars at dawn; fe and far between

晨星 san4 sing1 chen2 xing1 = morning star

晨衣 san4 ji1 chen2 yi1 = dressing gown, morning gown

凌晨 ling4 san4 ling2 chen2 = the early hours, before dawn

香港早晨 hoeng1 gong2 zou2 san4 = Good Morning Hong Kong (TVB show)

翌晨 jik6 san4 yi4 chen2 = the next morning

晨光熹微 san4 gwong1 hei1 mei4 chen2 guang1 xi1 wei1 (PRC) / wei2 (TW) = the morning breaks; the dim light of dawn

林依晨 lam4 ji1 san4 lin2 yi1 chen3 = Ariel Lin

Showing 1 example containing 晨

阿爸阿媽日日都去晨運。粵
Papa and mama go exercising every morning.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 晨
Unicode code for this character: U+6668 (off-site link)

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