凌晨

• 拼音: líng chén
• 汉字拆解: 凌 = 冫 (ice) + 夌 (step over, surpass) — to surpass, go beyond; 晨 = 日 (sun) + 辰 (time, dawn)

含义

The small hours of the morning; the period from midnight to dawn, typically around 1–5 a.m.

Refers specifically to the very early hours before sunrise. Common in news reports, narrative writing, and everyday conversation when describing events that occur late at night or in the early pre-dawn hours.

例句

1. 凌晨三点，他终于完成了这份紧急报告并发送出去。
2. 那场大地震发生在凌晨两点多，大多数居民正在熟睡之中。
3. 急救人员在凌晨接到报警后，立即赶赴事故现场展开救援。

用法指南

语境: time, everyday, news

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 案件发生在凌晨两点左右。(The incident occurred at around 2 a.m.)
• 他连续工作到凌晨才肯休息。(He worked continuously until the small hours before finally resting.)

错误说法

• 把'凌晨'和'清晨'混用 — 凌晨 is midnight to ~5 a.m.; 清晨 is the period after dawn breaks (Don't confuse 凌晨 with 清晨 — 清晨 means early morning after sunrise, not the small hours before dawn)

起源与历史

凌 (to rise above, surpass; ice) + 晨 (morning, dawn) — the hours that precede and rise into the morning.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal