辰
chén
Pinyin

Definition

辰
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chén
  1. 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon
  2. ancient Chinese compass point: 120°

Character Decomposition

Compounds (23)

震
zhèn
  1. 1 to shake
  2. 2 to vibrate
  3. 3 to jolt
  4. 4 to quake
  5. 5 excited
  6. 6 shocked
  7. 7 one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[bā guà], symbolizing thunder
  8. 8 ☳
振
zhèn
  1. 1 to shake
  2. 2 to flap
  3. 3 to vibrate
  4. 4 to resonate
  5. 5 to rise up with spirit
  6. 6 to rouse oneself
晨
chén
  1. 1 morning
  2. 2 dawn
  3. 3 daybreak
唇
chún
  1. 1 lip
唇
chún
  1. 1 variant: 唇 chún

Related Words (19)

壬辰
rén chén
  1. 1 twenty-ninth year I5 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2012 or 2072
星辰
xīng chén
  1. 1 stars
北辰
Běi chén
  1. 1 Polaris
  2. 2 North Star
时辰
shí chen
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day
生辰
shēng chén
  1. 1 birthday

Idioms (3)

众星拱辰
zhòng xīng gǒng chén
  1. 1 lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[Běi chén] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
  2. 2 to group around a revered leader
良辰吉日
liáng chén jí rì
  1. 1 fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity
良辰美景
liáng chén měi jǐng
  1. 1 fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely

Sample Sentences

没问题，我们先来看词，作者是苏轼——苏东坡，他在丙辰年的中秋节，喝酒大醉，于是趁着酒兴写下了这首词。苏轼写作的风格以豪放著称。
méiwèntí ，wǒmen xiān lái kàn cí ，zuòzhě shì Sū Shì ——Sū Dōngpō ，tā zài bǐngchén nián de zhōngqiūjié ，hējiǔ dà zuì ，yúshì chèn zhe jiǔxìng xiě xià le zhè shǒu cí 。Sū Shì xiězuò de fēnggé yǐ háofàng zhùchēng 。
No problem, let's first take a look at the words. The author was Su Shi, also known as Su Dongpo. On the Mid-Autumn Festival of 1076 he got very drunk, so he made use of the high spirits the drink gave him to write down this ci poem. Su Shi's writing style is famous for its unrestrained style.
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我还是觉得这些说法实在是太无依无据了。命运是要靠自己掌握的，而不是靠生辰八字来决定的。就拿看手相来说，手上的纹路难道就一定代表着一个人的命运走向吗？还有那个解梦大法，我做个梦就预示着我要中大奖，这实在是没什么道理的。
wǒ háishì juéde zhèxiē shuōfa shízài shì tài wúyīwújù le 。mìngyùn shì yào kào zìjǐ zhǎngwò de ，ér bùshì kào superstitions lái juédìng de 。jiù ná kàn shǒuxiàng láishuō ，shǒushàng de wénlù nándào jiù yīdìng dàibiǎo zhe yī ge rén de mìngyùn zǒuxiàng ma ？háiyǒu nàge jiěmèng dàfǎ ，wǒ zuò ge mèng jiù yùshì zhe wǒ yào zhòng dàjiǎng ，zhè shízài shì méi shénme dàolǐ de 。
I still think there's just no proof or evidence for this stuff. Only you can determine the course of your life-- it's not fixed by your birth date! Just take palm-reading as an example. Do you really believe that the wrinkles in your hand can represent the course of your entire life? And then there's dream interpretation-- I have a dream that predicts I'll win a big prize. There's no logic behind that.
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钱是小事，来，生辰给我。
qián shì xiǎoshì ，lái ，shēngchén gěi wǒ 。
Money isn't important, come, tell me your birthday.
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老公，孩子的名字我们自己起吧。不要让你妈算什么生辰八字，又迷信又难听。
lǎogōng ，háizi de míngzi wǒmén zìjǐ qǐ ba 。bù yào ràng nǐ mā calculate shénme shēngchénbāzì ，yòu míxìn yòu nántīng 。
Darling, let's think of a name for the baby by ourselves. Let's not have your mom look at the eight characters that express the baby's birth. It's superstitious, and the names sound bad.
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楚公公，时辰到了。
Chǔ gōnggong ，shíchen dào le 。
Grandpa Chu, the time has come.
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