Meaning
5th earthly branch; 7-9 a.m.
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “chen” becomes a different word in each tone. 辰 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 诞辰dàn chénbirthday
- 时辰shí chentime; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
- 辰时chén shí7-9 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
- 生辰shēng chénbirthday
- 辰光chén guāngsunlight; (Wu dialect) time of the day; moment
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Example Sentence
“时辰”是古代计时的一种单位。“Shí chen” shì gǔ dài jì shí de yì zhǒng dān wèi.The word shichen was a unit of timekeeping in ancient times.
“时辰“Shí chen”time”是shìis古代gǔ dàiancient times计时jì shíto measure time的deof一种yì zhǒngone kind of单位dān wèiunit (of measure)。