HSK 6 · Time

诞辰 dànchén “birthday (of a respected person)” in Chinese

Traditional 誕辰

What 诞辰 means

  1. birthday (of a respected person)
  2. birthday

How to say 诞辰

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale诞dàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale辰chén2nd tone, rising

诞辰 in a sentence

  1. 今年是这位作家诞辰一百周年。

    Jīnnián shì zhè wèi zuòjiā dànchén yìbǎi zhōunián.

    This year marks 100 years since this writer was born.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 学校举办活动纪念孔子诞辰。

    Xuéxiào jǔbàn huódòng jìniàn Kǒngzǐ dànchén.

    The school held an event to mark Confucius’s birthday.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 诞辰 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 诞 (dàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
诞dànbirth
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 延to defer · yánSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 延 (yán) hints at the sound. Compare it with dàn.

The character 辰 (chén) drawn as one shape
辰chén5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m.

辰 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 诞辰

诞 8 strokes · 辰 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

诞辰 (dànchén) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 诞辰 (dànchén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 诞辰

Words with 诞

诞生dànshēng · to be born

More words: Time & Sequence

刹那chànà · instant朝代cháodài · dynasty成天chéngtiān · all day long次序cìxù · order当场dāngchǎng · on the spot当初dāngchū · originally当代dāngdài · contemporary当前dāngqián · current

FAQs

诞辰 (dànchén) means “birthday (of a respected person)” or “birthday”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dànchén: dàn with a 4th tone, then chén with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 诞辰 is written 誕辰. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type danchen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 诞辰 from the suggestions. Typing danchen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
诞辰 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.