晨 chén dawn
dawn; early morning
怎么记住“晨”: 日 sun + 辰 early morning = dawn. Before the sun climbs over the hills, two fishermen row out in the early morning mist, the lake still grey at dawn.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
晨 = 日 sun + 辰 early morning
- 日 sun meaning
- 辰 early morning meaning + sound
Before the sun climbs over the hills, two fishermen row out in the early morning mist, the lake still grey at dawn.
How it came to be
The word was first written with the lower part alone; the sun was added once that part came to name one of the twelve calendar signs.
用法
- 'Dawn, early morning': bound/literary. 早晨 (zǎochen) = (early) morning is the everyday word: 早晨六点 (zǎochen liù diǎn) six in the morning.
- 清晨 (qīngchén) = the fresh early morning (more literary); 凌晨 (língchén) = the small hours (roughly 1-5 a.m.): 凌晨三点 (língchén sān diǎn) 3 a.m.
- 晨 evokes the specific window from just before dawn to early daylight.
含“晨”的词语
例句
- 她习惯去晨跑。 Tā xíguàn qù chénpǎo.She's used to running in the morning
- 初冬时节，他还坚持晨跑。 Chūdōng shíjié, tā hái jiānchí chénpǎo.He still insists on running in the morning even though it's early winter.