凌晨 meaning in English

língchén

very early in the morning; in the wee hours

HSK 7-9noun21 strokes

Meaning of 凌晨

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

língchén
  1. very early in the morning
  2. in the wee hours

凌晨 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

凶xiōng杀shā案àn于yú凌líng晨chén三sān到dào五wǔ点diǎn间jiān发fā生shēng。
The murder happened between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.
我wǒ们men聊liáo到dào凌líng晨chén两liǎng点diǎn。
We talked until two in the morning.
你nǐ凌líng晨chén两liǎng点diǎn才cái去qù睡shuì觉jiào吗ma?难nán怪guài你nǐ今jīn天tiān看kàn起qǐ来lái这zhè么me没méi精jīng神shén了le。
You went to bed at 2 o'clock in the morning? No wonder you look sleepy today.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

凌 líng · pure · 10 strokes

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晨 chén · dawn · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 凌晨.

早晨zǎochenearly morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
清晨qīngchénearly morning
盛气凌人shèngqì-língrénoverbearing; arrogant bully
冰激凌bīngjīlíngice cream
今晨jīnchénthis morning
欺凌qīlíngto bully and humiliate
凌乱língluànmessy; disarrayed; disheveled
晨曦chénxīfirst rays of morning sun; first glimmer of dawn
凌辱língrǔto insult; to humiliate
晨间chénjiān(of the) morning

Questions about 凌晨

What does 凌晨 mean?

凌晨 (língchén) means "very early in the morning; in the wee hours" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 凌晨?

凌晨 is made of 2 characters: 凌 (10 strokes), 晨 (11 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 凌晨 an HSK word?

Yes. 凌晨 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.