凌晨
Chinese
| approach | morning; dawn; daybreak | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (凌晨/淩晨) | 凌/淩 | 晨 | |
| simp. (凌晨) | 凌 | 晨 | |
| Literally: “approaching the morning”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ling4 san4
- Southern Min
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: língchén
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: língchén
- Wade–Giles: ling2-chʻên2
- Yale: líng-chén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingchern
- Palladius: линчэнь (linčɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /liŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ling4 san4
- Yale: lìhng sàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: ling4 san4
- Guangdong Romanization: ling4 sen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɪŋ²¹ sɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-sîn
- Tâi-lô: lîng-sîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: lengsiin
- IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² sin¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ sin²³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: lêng5 sing5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng sîng
- Sinological IPA (key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ siŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: ling dzyin|zyin
Noun
凌晨
- hours before dawn; early morning; small hours
Synonyms
- 一黑早 (i6 he6 zau3) (Xiang)
- 大清早 (dàqīngzǎo)
- 大清老早 (Shanghainese)
- 天光 (tiānguāng)
- 天光早 (Hokkien)
- 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)
- 早晨
- 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)