shí
chen

common
noun

Meaning of 时辰

时辰 means traditional Chinese unit of time (one twelfth of a day; two hours); time; hour; moment. Pronounced shí chen.

  • traditional Chinese unit of time (one twelfth of a day; two hours)
  • time; hour; moment

Definitions & Examples

Bàn
shí
diǎn
dào
diǎn
shì
shí
 
shì
shí
chen
 

Eleven PM to one AM is the Zǐ hour, the first two-hour period.

shí
xiāng
dāng
xiàn
zài
de
zhōng
shí
diǎn
dào
diǎn
 

The Wǔ hour corresponds to eleven AM to one PM in modern time.

dài
yòng
shí
èr
shí
chen
lái
biǎo
shì
tiān
de
shí
jiān
 

In ancient times, twelve two-hour periods were used to indicate the time of day.

Relations

Measure Words

/
Primary