凌晨

凌晨 língchén in a sentence

Before dawn

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 4 sentences

凌晨 (língchén) means Before dawn. Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他 凌晨 三点才睡。

Tā língchén sān diǎn cái shuì.

He did not get to sleep until three in the morning.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凌晨

飞机 凌晨 才落地。

Fēijī língchén cái luòdì.

The plane did not land until the small hours.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凌晨

火箭在 凌晨 顺利发射。

Huǒjiàn zài língchén shùnlì fāshè.

The rocket launched successfully in the early hours.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 火箭

台风今天 凌晨 在沿海登陆。

Táifēng jīntiān língchén zài yánhǎi dēnglù.

The typhoon made landfall on the coast in the early hours today.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 登陆

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How is 凌晨 used in a sentence?

This page shows 4 sentences using 凌晨 (língchén, "Before dawn"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

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Is 凌晨 an HSK word?

Yes — 凌晨 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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