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Jyutping ling4 san4
Pinyin líng chén

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. very early in the morning
  2. in the wee hours
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    從​子夜​到​啱​啱​天光​嘅​一段​時間
    before dawn; early in the morning
    • 警方相信賊人係喺凌晨時分入屋爆竊。
      警方相信贼人系喺凌晨时分入屋爆窃。
      ging2 fong1 soeng1 seon3 caak6 jan4 hai6 hai2 ling4 san4 si4 fan6 jap6 uk1 baau3 sit3.
      The police believed that the thief broke in and stole early in the morning.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun
    hours before dawn; early morning; small hours
    (syn.) 麻亮兒, 早清, 天欲光, 天拉朗, 透早, 清早晨, 麻亮儿, 拍殕光, 黎明, 老清老早, 一黑早, 麻麻亮儿, 平明, 清晨, 大清早, 拍殕光仔, 拂曉, 晨明, 拂晓, 拍殕仔光, 天光, 麻麻亮兒, 清早, 大清老早, 早晨
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2659
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    你凌晨两点才去睡觉吗?难怪你今天看起来这么没精神了。
    你凌晨兩點才去睡覺嗎?難怪你今天看起來這麼沒精神了。
    nǐ líng chén liǎng diǎn cái qù shuì jiào ma ? nán guài nǐ jīn tiān kàn qǐ lai zhè me méi jīng shén le 。
    • You went to bed at 2 o'clock in the morning? No wonder you look sleepy today.
  2. Mandarin
    过年吃饺子的习俗和中国古代的计时法有关:中国古代把每一天分为十二个时段,每天开始是子时,相当于晚上11点到凌晨1点。
    過年吃餃子的習俗和中國古代的計時法有關:中國古代把每一天分為十二個時段,每天開始是子時,相當於晚上11點到凌晨1點。
    guò nián chī jiǎo zi de xí sú hé zhōng guó gǔ dài de jì shí fǎ yǒu guān : zhōng guó gǔ dài bǎ měi yī tiān fèn wèi shí èr gè shí duàn , měi tiān kāi shǐ shì zǐ shí , xiāng dāng yú wǎn shang 11 diǎn dào líng chén 1 diǎn 。
    • The custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is related to an ancient Chinese method of measuring time; in ancient China, each day was divided into twelve sections: the beginning of each day was called 'first time', which corresponds to the period from 11pm to 1am.
  3. Mandarin
    她的手表指向凌晨三点。
    她的手錶指向凌晨三點。
    tā de shǒu biǎo zhǐ xiàng líng chén sān diǎn 。
    • Her watch read three o'clock in the morning.
  4. Mandarin
    我们聊到凌晨两点。
    我們聊到凌晨兩點。
    wǒ men liáo dào líng chén liǎng diǎn 。
    • We talked until two in the morning.
  5. Mandarin
    凶杀案于凌晨三到五点间发生。
    兇殺案於凌晨三到五點間發生。
    xiōng shā àn yú líng chén sān dào wǔ diǎn jiān fā shēng 。
    • The murder happened between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    天文台喺凌晨挂起三号风球。
    天文台喺凌晨掛起三號風球。
    tin1 man4 toi4 hai2 ling4 san4 gwaa3 hei2 saam1 hou6 fung1 kau4.
    • The observatory hoisted typhoon warning signal No.3 before dawn.
  2. Cantonese
    凌晨之后就系黎明。
    凌晨之後就係黎明。
    ling4 san4 zi1 hau6 zau6 hai6 lai4 ming4.
    • Dawn is after midnight.
  3. Cantonese
    做会计真系好辛苦,晚晚都踩到凌晨先收得工。
    做會計真係好辛苦,晚晚都踩到凌晨先收得工。
    zou6 wui6 gai3 zan1 hai6 hou2 san1 fu2, maan5 maan5 dou1 caai2 dou3 ling4 san4 sin1 sau1 dak1 gung1.
    • It's hard being an accountant, you have to work until early morning before you can leave office.
  4. Cantonese
    而家要补习补到名师嘅live班系要凌晨两点排队攞筹㗎,真系痴线。
    而家要補習補到名師嘅live班係要凌晨兩點排隊攞籌㗎,真係痴線。
    • It's insane that if you want to attend live tutoring classes of a famous tutor, you have to queue up for getting that token at 2 a.m.
  5. Cantonese
    元旦凌晨,海上嘅船只都响起汽笛庆祝。
    元旦凌晨,海上嘅船隻都響起汽笛慶祝。
    jyun4 daan3 ling4 san4, hoi2 soeng6 ge3 syun4 zek3 dou1 hoeng2 hei2 hei3 dek2 hing3 zuk1.
    • In the early dawn of the New Year's Day, ships at sea whistled to celebrate.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    这次地震发生在当地时间凌晨,人们还在睡梦中被山崩地裂般的地震惊醒,无数房屋在一瞬间轰然倒坍,许多人猝不及防就死于梦中。
    這次地震發生在當地時間凌晨,人們還在睡夢中被山崩地裂般的地震驚醒,無數房屋在一瞬間轟然倒坍,許多人猝不及防就死於夢中。
    zhè cì dì zhèn fā shēng zài dāng dì shí jiān líng chén , rén men hái zài shuì mèng zhōng bèi shān bēng dì liè bān de dì zhèn jīng xǐng , wú shù fáng wū zài yī shùn jiān hōng rán dǎo tān , xǔ duō rén cù bù jí fáng jiù sǐ yú mèng zhōng .
    • This time, the earthquake occurred before dawn local time. People were still sound asleep when they were jolted awake by a massively destructive earthquake. In an instant, countless houses had collapsed, and many people had died in their sleep with no time to react.
  2. Mandarin
    6月,阿里巴巴旗下盒马发布了活虾包装的宣传微博,却被肖战粉丝认为是在“内涵”他们(肖战粉丝自称“小肥虾”),遭到了粉丝的声讨和抵制,盒马只好在隔天凌晨发布微博道歉。
    6月,阿里巴巴旗下盒馬發佈了活蝦包裝的宣傳微博,卻被肖戰粉絲認為是在“內涵”他們(肖戰粉絲自稱“小肥蝦”),遭到了粉絲的聲討和抵制,盒馬只好在隔天凌晨發佈微博道歉。
    6 yuè , ā lǐ bā bā qí xià hé mǎ fā bù le huó xiā bāo zhuāng de xuān chuán wēi bó , què bèi xiào zhàn fěn sī rèn wéi shì zài “ nèi hán ” tā men ( xiào zhàn fěn sī zì chēng “ xiǎo féi xiā ” ) , zāo dào le fěn sī de shēng tǎo hé dǐ zhì , hé mǎ zhǐ hǎo zài gé tiān líng chén fā bù wēi bó dào qiàn .
    • In June, Alibaba subsidiary Hema posted an announcement advertising live shrimp, but fans of Xiao Zhan understood this to be an allusion to them (Xiao Zhan's fans call themselves "small fat shrimp"). Facing complaints and pressure from fans, Hema had no choice but to post an apology the following morning.
  3. Mandarin
    英国广播公司(BBC)报导,在格雷斯市东大道(Eastern Avenue)的华特格雷德工业园区(Waterglade Industrial Park)发现39具尸体后,英国夏令时间(BST)凌晨约1时40分,警方接获救护单位通报。
    英国广播公司(BBC)报导,在格雷斯市东大道(Eastern Avenue)的华特格雷德工业园区(Waterglade Industrial Park)发现39具尸体后,英国夏令时间(BST)凌晨约1时40分,警方接获救护单位通报。
    From : 23 October 2019 , 貨櫃車驚見39具屍體 英警方研判來自保加利亞 , 聯合新聞網
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  4. Mandarin
    台铁花莲运务段表示,北回线今天上午花莲车站实际到站时间,约慢5到10分钟,至于慢分的原因并非抗议,而是今天凌晨台东发生五级地震,为进行路线检修才发生稍微误点。
    台鐵花蓮運務段表示,北迴線今天上午花蓮車站實際到站時間,約慢5到10分鐘,至於慢分的原因並非抗議,而是今天凌晨台東發生五級地震,為進行路線檢修才發生稍微誤點。
    tái tiě huā lián yùn wù duàn biǎo shì , běi huí xiàn jīn tiān shàng wǔ huā lián chē zhàn shí jì dào zhàn shí jiān , yuē màn 5 dào 10 fēn zhōng , zhì yú màn fēn de yuán yīn bìng fēi kàng yì , ér shì jīn tiān líng chén tái dōng fā shēng wǔ jí dì zhèn , wèi jìn xíng lù xiàn jiǎn xiū cái fā shēng shāo wéi wù diǎn .
    • The Division of Hualien Transportation of Taiwan Railways indicated that the actual time of arrival at the Hualien Station in the North-Link Line in the morning today was about 5 to 10 minutes late. The delay was not due to protestation, but because there was an earthquake of magnitude five in Taitung early in the morning, there was a slight delay for route maintenance.
  5. Mandarin
    高雄26号凌晨开始下起大雷雨,雨势主要集中在北高雄的路竹、冈山、阿莲、跟仁武等地区,造成部分道路跟桥面早上因为淹水而暂时被封起来,水利局早上总共接到八件淹水通报,所幸目前没有水淹进住家的通报。
    高雄26号凌晨开始下起大雷雨,雨势主要集中在北高雄的路竹、冈山、阿莲、跟仁武等地区,造成部分道路跟桥面早上因为淹水而暂时被封起来,水利局早上总共接到八件淹水通报,所幸目前没有水淹进住家的通报。
    From : 26 August 2020 , Northern Kaohsiung Hit with Thunderstorms 西南風增強連續降雨 高雄多處路段淹水 , Public Television Service , M . chuang
    • Thunderstorms brought pouring rain to northern Kaohsiung on the 26th, with flooding reported in Lujhu, Gangshan, Alian and Renwu. Many roads and bridges had to be shut down. Fortunately, no residential flooding was reported.