早晨

Chinese

		early; morning	morning; dawn; daybreak
trad. (早晨)		早	晨
simp. #(早晨)		早	晨
anagram		晨早

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zǎochen, zǎochén

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ˙ㄔㄣ, ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄣˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зошын (zošɨn, II-I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zou² san⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): dau² sin³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chá-sîn / chó-sîn
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tsau-zen
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zau³ shen²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎochen
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ˙ㄔㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎoche̊n
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-chʻên⁵
    • Yale: dzǎu-chen
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao.chen
    • Palladius: цзаочэнь (czaočɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʈ͡ʂʰən⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎochén
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎochén
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-chʻên²
    • Yale: dzǎu-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaochern
    • Palladius: цзаочэнь (czaočɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зошын (zošɨn, II-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔ⁵¹ ʂəŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² san⁴
    • Yale: jóu sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ sɐn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: dau² sin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁵ sin²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chá-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: tsá-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zafsiin
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: tsó-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoysiin
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsau-zen
    • MiniDict: tsau^去 zen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsau-zen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɔ³³ zən⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zau³ shen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ ʂən¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sɒu̯⁴¹ sən¹³/

Noun

早晨

1. early morning (usually referring to the period from sunrise or 4 am to 8 am or 9 am)

   • 你們青年人朝氣蓬勃，正在興旺時期，好像早晨八、九點鐘的太陽。希望寄托在你們身上。 [MSC, trad.]
     你们青年人朝气蓬勃，正在兴旺时期，好像早晨八、九点钟的太阳。希望寄托在你们身上。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957 Nov 17, Mao Zedong, 向莫斯科的全体中国留学生、实习生、使馆机关干部的讲话

     Nǐmen qīngniánrén zhāoqìpéngbó, zhèng zài xìngwàng shíqī, hǎoxiàng zǎochén bā, jiǔ diǎnzhōng de tàiyáng. Xīwàng jìtuō zài nǐmen shēnshàng. [Pinyin]

     You young people, full of vigor and vitality, are in the bloom of life, like the sun at eight or nine in the morning. Our hope is placed on you.

Synonyms

• 一黑早 (i⁶ he⁶ zau³) (Xiang)
• 凌晨 (língchén)
• 大清早 (dàqīngzǎo)
• 大清老早 (⁶du-chin-lau-tsau) (Shanghainese)
• 天光 (tiānguāng)
• 天拉朗 (Teochew)
• 天欲光 (Hokkien)
• 平明 (píngmíng) (literary)
• 拂曉／拂晓 (fúxiǎo)
• 拍殕仔光 (phah-phú-á-kng) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 拍殕光 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 拍殕光仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 早清 (zau² qing¹) (Jin)
• 晨明 (chénmíng) (literary)
• 清早 (qīngzǎo)
• 清早晨 (¹chin-tsau-zen) (Shanghainese)
• 清晨 (qīngchén)
• 老清老早 (⁶lau-chin-lau-tsau) (Shanghainese)
• 透早 (thàu-chá) (Hokkien)
• 麻亮兒／麻亮儿 (Xining Mandarin)
• 麻麻亮兒／麻麻亮儿 (Xining Mandarin)
• 黎明 (límíng)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 早晨 (“early morning”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		晨, 朝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		早晨, 清早, 清晨
Mandarin	Beijing	早晨, 早起
	Tianjin	早上, 早晨
	Jinan	早晨, 早晨起來
	Xi'an	趕起, 早起
	Wuhan	早晨
	Chengdu	早晨, 清早
	Liuzhou	早晨頭
	Yangzhou	早上, 早晨
	Hefei	早上
	Singapore	早晨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	朝頭早, 朝早
	Hong Kong	朝頭早, 朝早
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	一早
	Macau	朝早
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	朝頭早
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	朝頭早
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	早朝早
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	朝頭朝早
	Foshan	朝頭早
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	朝頭早
	Foshan (Shunde)	朝頭早
	Foshan (Sanshui)	朝頭早
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	侵早
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	晨早
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	朝頭早
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	朝頭, 朝早
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	朝早
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	朝早
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	朝早
	Taishan	朝頭早, 早朝, 朝早
	Kaiping (Chikan)	朝頭早
	Enping (Niujiang)	一皓
	Heshan (Yayao)	朝早
	Dongguan	朝頭早
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	朝早
	Hepu (Shatian)	早朝, 早晨
	Beihai	朝間早
	Beihai (Nankang)	朝間早
	Beihai (Yingpan)	早朝頭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	朝頭早, 朝間早
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	朝早
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	朝早頭
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	天光早
	Singapore (Guangfu)	晨早
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	朝頭早
	Móng Cái	朝早
Gan	Nanchang	清早, 早上
Hakka	Meixian	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Dabu (Gaobei)	朝晨早
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	朝晨頭
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	朝晨早
	Fengshun (Pantian)	朝晨
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	早晨
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	朝晨頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	朝晨頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	朝晨早
	Conghua (Lütian)	早上
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	晨早, 晨早頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	晨早, 晨早時務
	Sabah (Bao'an)	早晨
Jin	Taiyuan	早晨, 打早, 打早起, 早起, 清早
Northern Min	Jian'ou	早頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	早頭, 早起頭, 起早, 起早頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	早起
	Quanzhou	早起
	Zhangzhou	早起
	Taipei	早起
	Manila (Hokkien)	早起
	Chaozhou	眠起早, 眠起
	Shantou	眠起早
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	停光, 光早
	Sanxiang	通光
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	朝頭
Wu	Shanghai	早浪, 早浪向, 早晨, 早晨頭, 清早晨
	Suzhou	早浪
	Ningbo	天亮, 天亮頭
	Wenzhou	天光早, 天光
Xiang	Changsha	早上, 早晨頭
	Shuangfeng	早晨家

Interjection

早晨

1. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pinghua, Zhongshan Min) good morning

   王小姐，早晨。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   wong⁴ siu² ze², zou² san⁴. [Jyutping]

   Good morning, Miss Wong.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 早安 (“good morning”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		早安, 早上好
Mandarin	Taiwan	早安, 早
	Guilin	早晨
	Liuzhou	早晨
	Malaysia	早安
	Singapore	早安, 早
Cantonese	Guangzhou	早晨
	Hong Kong	早晨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	早晨
	Macau	早晨
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	早晨
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	早晨
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	早晨
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	早晨
	Foshan	早晨
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	早晨
	Foshan (Shunde)	早晨
	Foshan (Sanshui)	早晨
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	早晨
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	早晨
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	早晨
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	早晨
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	早晨
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	早晨
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	早晨
	Taishan	早晨
	Kaiping (Chikan)	早晨
	Enping (Niujiang)	早晨
	Heshan (Yayao)	早晨
	Dongguan	早晨
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	早晨
	Nanning	早晨
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	早晨
	Penang (Guangfu)	早晨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	早晨
Hakka	Meixian	恁早
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	早晨
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	早晨
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	早晨
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	早晨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁早, 恁會早, 恁早萋
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	恁早
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	恁早, 恁會早, 恁早萋
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	恁早, 恁早萋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	恁早, 恁早萋
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	𠢕早, 堅早
	Sabah (Bao'an)	早晨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	早頭好
	Matsu	早安
	Singapore (Fuqing)	早頭好
Southern Min	Xiamen	𠢕早
	Quanzhou	𠢕早
	Zhangzhou	𠢕早
	Taipei	𠢕早
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𠢕早
	Manila (Hokkien)	好早起
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	早安
	Shantou	早安
	Singapore (Teochew)	𠢕早
	Wenchang	早上好
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	早晨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	早晨
Wu	Shanghai	儂早, 早, 早浪好, 谷貓迎
	Suzhou	早浪好
	Wuxi	早
	Ningbo	天亮好
Xiang	Quanzhou	早安