HSK 6 · Time

清晨 qīngchén “early morning” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 清晨 means

  1. early morning

How to say 清晨

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale清qīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale晨chén2nd tone, rising

清晨 in a sentence

  1. 从清晨开始一直下雨。

    Cóng qīngchén kāishǐ yìzhí xiàyǔ.

    It’s been raining since early morning.

    Sentence #801483 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 她清晨离开了。

    Tā qīngchén líkāi le.

    She left early in the morning.

    Sentence #863974 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我不喜欢在清晨开的会议。

    Wǒ bù xǐhuan zài qīngchén kāi de huìyì.

    I don’t like early-morning meetings.

    Sentence #770330 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 清晨 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 清 (qīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
清qīngclear; clean
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qīng.

The character 晨 (chén) with each of its parts in a different colour
晨chénmorning
  • 日sun · rìMeaning part
  • 辰morning · chénSound part

日 hints at the meaning (sun); 辰 (chén) hints at the sound. Compare it with chén.

How to write 清晨

清 11 strokes · 晨 11 strokes

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

Words related to 清晨

Words with 清

清楚qīngchu · clear清淡qīngdàn · light (of food清真qīngzhēn · halal澄清chéngqīng · to clarify清除qīngchú · to clear away清理qīnglǐ · to clear up清澈qīngchè · clear清洁qīngjié · clean清晰qīngxī · clear清醒qīngxǐng · sober

Words with 晨

凌晨língchén · early morning

More words: Time & Sequence

农历nónglì · lunar calendar片刻piànkè · a moment起初qǐchū · at first迄今为止qìjīnwéizhǐ · so far期限qīxiàn · time limit时而shí'ér · sometimes时常shícháng · often世代shìdài · for generations

FAQs

清晨 (qīngchén) means “early morning”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīngchén: qīng with a 1st 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.
Yes. 清晨 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qingchen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 清晨 from the suggestions. Typing qingchen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
清晨 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.