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
(Pinyin): língchén

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ san⁴
Min Nan (POJ): lêng-sîn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: língchén
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingchenr
  - IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ san⁴
  - Yale: lìhng sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ sen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ sɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengsiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɕin¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕin²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɕin²³/

Noun

凌晨

hours before dawn; early morning; small hours

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