凌晨

凌晨

Chinese

		approach	morning; dawn; daybreak
trad. (凌晨/淩晨)		凌/淩	晨
simp. (凌晨)		凌	晨
Literally: “approaching the morning”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ san⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): lêng-sîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: língchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingchern
    • IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ san⁴
    • Yale: lìhng sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ sen⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ sɐn²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengsiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɕin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɕin²³/

Noun

凌晨

1. hours before dawn; early morning; small hours

Synonyms

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大清早 (dàqīngzǎo) 天拉朗 (Teochew) 天欲光 (Hokkien) 拂曉／拂晓 (fúxiǎo) 早晨 (zǎochen)

晨明 (chénmíng) (literary) 清早 (qīngzǎo) 清晨 (qīngchén) 黎明 (límíng)