凌 líng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 夌 to dawdle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
凌晨
língchén
very early morning, dawn
Characters in this word
晨 chén
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 凌晨三点，救援队仍在山里搜索失踪人员。 Língchén sān diǎn, jiùyuán duì réng zài shān lǐ sōusuǒ shīzōng rényuán. At three in the early morning, the rescue team was still searching the mountains for the missing person.
- 他凌晨四点就起床了，因为要赶早班飞机。 Tā língchén sì diǎn jiù qǐchuáng le, yīnwèi yào gǎn zǎobān fēijī. He got up at four in the morning because he had to catch an early flight.
- 昨晚我们聊到凌晨一点才睡觉。 Zuówǎn wǒmen liáo dào língchén yī diǎn cái shuìjiào. Last night we chatted until one in the morning before going to bed.
Related words
- 盛气凌人 shèngqìlíngrén overbearing; arrogant and domineering
- 早晨 zǎochén morning
- 清晨 qīngchén early morning
- 深夜 shēnyè late night
- 钟头 zhōngtóu hour
- 空闲 kòngxián free, leisure; free time
- 当天 dàngtiān that very day
- 瞬间 shùnjiān instant
- 当下 dāngxià at the present moment, right away; immediately, at once
- 片刻 piànkè short moment
- 一时 yìshí temporarily; for a moment
- 开头 kāitóu to start, to begin; beginning