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Chinese
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approach
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morning; dawn; daybreak
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trad. (凌晨/淩晨)
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凌/淩
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晨
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simp. (凌晨)
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凌
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晨
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Literally: “approaching the morning”.
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Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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凌
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晨
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晨
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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2/2
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Initial (聲)
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來 (37)
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常 (25)
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船 (27)
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Final (韻)
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蒸 (133)
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眞 (43)
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眞 (43)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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III
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III
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III
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Fanqie
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力膺切
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植鄰切
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食鄰切
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Baxter
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ling
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dzyin
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zyin
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/lɨŋ/
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/d͡ʑiɪn/
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/ʑiɪn/
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Pan Wuyun
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/lɨŋ/
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/d͡ʑin/
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/ʑin/
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Shao Rongfen
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/lieŋ/
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/d͡ʑjen/
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/ʑjen/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/liŋ/
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/d͡ʑin/
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/ʑin/
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Li Rong
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/liəŋ/
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/ʑiĕn/
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/d͡ʑiĕn/
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Wang Li
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/lĭəŋ/
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/ʑĭĕn/
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/d͡ʑĭĕn/
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Bernhard Karlgren
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/li̯əŋ/
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/ʑi̯ĕn/
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/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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líng
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chén
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shén
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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ling4
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san4
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san4
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Noun
凌晨
- hours before dawn; early morning; small hours
Synonyms
- 一黑早 (i6 he6 zau3) (Xiang)
- 大清早 (dàqīngzǎo)
- 大清老早 (Shanghainese)
- 天光 (tiānguāng)
- 天光早 (Hokkien)
- 天拉朗 (Teochew)
- 天欲光 (Hokkien)
- 平明 (píngmíng) (literary)
- 拂曉 / 拂晓 (fúxiǎo)
- 拍殕仔光 (phah-phú-á-kng) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 拍殕光 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 拍殕光仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 早晨
- 早清 (zau2 qing1) (Jin)
- 晨明 (chénmíng) (literary)
- 清早 (qīngzǎo)
- 清早晨 (1chin-tsau-zen) (Shanghainese)
- 清晨 (qīngchén)
- 老清老早 (6lau-chin-lau-tsau) (Shanghainese)
- 透早 (thàu-chá) (Hokkien)
- 麻亮兒 / 麻亮儿 (Xining Mandarin)
- 麻麻亮兒 / 麻麻亮儿 (Xining Mandarin)
- 黎明 (límíng)