早晨
zǎo chén
Pinyin

Definition

早晨
 - 
zǎo chén
  1. early morning
  2. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

早
zǎo
  1. 1 early
  2. 2 morning
  3. 3 Good morning!
  4. 4 long ago
  5. 5 prematurely
早上
zǎo shang
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
早安
zǎo ān
  1. 1 Good morning!
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
一早
yī zǎo
  1. 1 early in the morning
  2. 2 at dawn
凌晨
líng chén
  1. 1 very early in the morning
  2. 2 in the wee hours
大清早
dà qīng zǎo
  1. 1 early in the morning
早年
zǎo nián
  1. 1 early years
  2. 2 adolescence
早日
zǎo rì
  1. 1 soon
  2. 2 shortly
  3. 3 on a day quite soon
  4. 4 promptly
早晚
zǎo wǎn
  1. 1 morning and evening
  2. 2 sooner or later
早晨
zǎo chén
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
早起
zǎo qǐ
  1. 1 to get up early
早饭
zǎo fàn
  1. 1 breakfast
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì],餐[cān]
早餐
zǎo cān
  1. 1 breakfast
  2. 2 CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì]
早点
zǎo diǎn
  1. 1 breakfast
明早
míng zǎo
  1. 1 tomorrow morning
  2. 2 tomorrow
晨
chén
  1. 1 morning
  2. 2 dawn
  3. 3 daybreak
清早
qīng zǎo
  1. 1 first thing in the morning
  2. 2 at daybreak
清晨
qīng chén
  1. 1 early morning
迟早
chí zǎo
  1. 1 sooner or later

Idioms (10)

一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
寥若晨星
liáo ruò chén xīng
  1. 1 rare as morning stars (idiom)
  2. 2 few and far between
  3. 3 sparse
早出晚归
zǎo chū wǎn guī
  1. 1 to leave early and return late (idiom)
早动手，早收获
zǎo dòng shǒu , zǎo shōu huò
  1. 1 The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom)
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
  1. 1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. 2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
暮鼓晨钟
mù gǔ chén zhōng
  1. 1 lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
  2. 2 the passage of time in a disciplined existence
牝鸡司晨
pìn jī sī chén
  1. 1 female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority
  2. 2 women meddle in politics
  3. 3 The female wears the trousers.
英年早逝
yīng nián zǎo shì
  1. 1 to die an untimely death (idiom)
  2. 2 to be cut off in one's prime
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó
  1. 1 lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's not something you can avoid forever

Sample Sentences

哎呀，我是晚上去的，怪不得我们没碰到。晨跑当然没有夜跑好啊，早晨二氧化碳含量高，不利于有氧运动的。
āiyā ，wǒ shì wǎnshang qù de ，guàibude wǒmen méi pèng dào 。chénpǎo dāngrán méiyǒu yèpǎo hǎo a ，zǎochén èryǎnghuàtàn hánliàng gāo ，bùlìyú yǒuyǎngyùndòng de 。
Oh no. I went in the evening, no wonder we didn't meet each other. Of course, an early morning run is not as good as an evening run. In the early morning, carbon dioxide is high, and it is not good for aerobic activities.
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夏天的一个早晨，小裁缝像往常一样在无聊地做衣服。桌子上放着他吃剩下的半片面包，面包上涂着美味的果酱。
xiàtiān de yī gè zǎochén ，xiǎo cáifeng xiàng wǎngcháng yīyàng zài wúliáo de zuò yīfu 。zhuōzi shàng fàng zhe tā chī shèngxià de bàn piàn miànbāo ，miànbāo shàng tú zhe měiwèi de guǒjiàng 。
One summer morning, a little tailor is, as usual, listlessly making clothes. On the table sits the half-eaten remains of a slice of bread; on the bread is spread some delicious jam.
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新西兰三日早晨发生里氏5.7级地震，震中位于惠灵顿西北160公里处，震源在地表以下200公里处。北岛许多地区和南岛北部地区均有震感。有惠灵顿居民说，地震持续了大约7秒钟，震感明显。
Xīnxīlán sān rì zǎochén fāshēng lǐshì wǔ diǎn qī jí dìzhèn ，zhènzhōng wèiyú Huìlíngdùn xīběi yībǎi liùshí gōnglǐ chù ，zhènyuán zài dìbiǎo yǐxià liǎngbǎi gōnglǐ chù 。Běidǎo xǔduō dìqū hé Nándǎo běibù dìqū jūn yǒu zhèngǎn 。yǒu Huìlíngdùn jūmín shuō ，dìzhèn chíxù le dàyuē qī miǎozhōng ，zhèngǎn míngxiǎn 。
On the morning of the third, New Zealand experienced an earthquake of 5.7 magnitude on the Richter scale. The epicenter was located 160 kilometers northwest of Wellington. The hypocenter of the earthquake was located 200 kilometers beneath the earth's surface. Many areas on both the northern island and northern part of the southern island were affected. Residents of Wellington say that the earthquake lasted for around seven seconds and that the effects were very noticeable.
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我们先去看老吊脚楼吧。早晨空气好，也不喧闹，拍照最好了。
wǒmen xiān qù kàn lǎo diàojiǎolóu ba 。zǎochén kōngqì hǎo ，yě bù xuānnào ，pāizhào zuì hǎo le 。
Let's go check out the old stilt-houses first. The air is good in the morning and it's quiet. It's the best time to take pictures.
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大姐，您鞭炮买了没？我这儿有高升，还有一千响的，两千响的鞭炮。初五早晨放吧。
dàjiě ，nín biānpào mǎi le méi ？wǒ zhèr yǒu gāoshēng ，háiyǒu yīqiān xiǎng de ，liǎngqiān xiǎng de biānpào 。chūwǔ zǎochén fàng ba 。
Miss, have you bought fireworks yet? I have the kind that shoot up and explode and I also have strings of one thousand and two thousand firecrackers. You can light them off on the morning of the 5th.
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嗯，早晨8点的渡船，大概两个多小时左右到的吧。
ng4 ，zǎochén bādiǎn de dùchuán ，dàgài liǎng ge duō xiǎoshí zuǒyòu dào de ba 。
Uh-huh. Around eight o'clock in the morning we took the ferry. We got there in just over two hours, or so.
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