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早晨

zǎo chén · zao chen

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. early morning
  2. also pr. [zǎochen]
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  1. Liangliang

    早上好(zǎoshanghǎo)！这个(zhège)早晨(zǎochén)很(hěn)舒服(shūfu)吧(ba)？

    Good morning! Isn't this early morning nice?

  2. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，早晨(zǎochén)的(de)空气(kōngqì)很(hěn)新鲜(xīnxiān)。

    Yes. The air in the early morning is fresh.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)每天(měitiān)早晨(zǎochén)都(dōu)来(lái)公园(gōngyuán)吗(ma)？

    Do you come to the park every early morning?

  4. Dengdeng

    不(bù)，我(wǒ)平时(píngshí)中午(zhōngwǔ)才(cái)起床(qǐchuáng)。

    No. Usually I wake up at noon.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)现在(xiànzài)对你来说(duìnǐláishuō)不是(bùshì)早晨(zǎochén)，是(shì)半夜(bànyè)！

    Then for you this is not morning. It is the middle of the night!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)每(měi)天(tiān)早(zǎo)晨(chén)8点(diǎn)起(qǐ)床(chuáng)。

He gets up at 8 a.m. every morning.

Tatoeba: Chinese by rickjiang · English by trieuho · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

直(zhí)到(dào)第(dì)二(èr)天(tiān)早(zǎo)晨(chén)，我(wǒ)们(men)才(cái)看(kàn)到(dào)了(le)大(dà)陆(lù)。

Not until the following morning did we see land.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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早
zǎo

early; morning

晨
chén

morning; dawn

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