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明晨 (míng chén) — tomorrow morning

Definition

noun
tomorrow morning

Examples

  • 明晨。
    Wǒ men míng chén chū fā.
    We'll depart tomorrow morning.
  • 明晨。
    míng chén De huì yì hěn zhòng yào.
    Tomorrow morning's meeting is very important.
  • 明晨。
    Tā jué dìng míng chén qù běi jīng.
    He decided to go to Beijing tomorrow morning.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

明míngnext/tomorrow
晨chénmorning

“明” means next/tomorrow and “晨” means morning, together giving tomorrow morning.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

明 combines 日 (sun) and 月 (moon), showing the sun just rising while the moon has not yet set, or two bright objects in the sky, to express brightness.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
日日rìsun
Sound part声符shēngfú
辰
辰chén晨chén
Same sound today

The shape 晨 adds 日 (sun) to 辰, which gives the sound; it was originally written as 辰 alone.

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