How to Say "Sunrise" in Chinese

日出

rìchū

The English word "sunrise" is translated into Chinese as 日出 (rìchū).

日出 refers to the time of day when the sun rises.

Meaning: time of day (noun)

What does it mean word for word?

The word is composed of 日, meaning sun and 出, meaning to emerge or go out.

While 日出 means sunrise, the term for sunset is 日落.

To use 日出 as an adjective to describe a noun, you can add the particle 的 after it, forming 日出的. For example, 日出的景象 means "the sunrise scenery".

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In traditional Chinese medicine and cosmology, the energy of the 日出 period is linked to the 'Yang' principle, representing warmth, activity and masculinity.
In ancient Chinese astronomy, the exact moment of 日出 was critical for calculating the imperial calendar, which was a state secret protected by the government.
The character 日 is itself a pictograph, originating from an ancient drawing of a circle with a dot in the middle to represent the sun.

我看了日出。
I saw the sunrise.
This sentence shows how to use 日出 as the object of a verb.
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多美的日出啊！
What a beautiful sunrise it is!
This sentence demonstrates an exclamation using 日出.
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汤姆在日出前开始工作。
Tom began to work before sunrise.
This sentence illustrates using 日出 to indicate a time before an event.
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今天的日出非常漂亮。
Today's sunrise is very beautiful.
每天早上我喜欢欣赏旭日的美丽。
I enjoy admiring the beauty of the rising sun every morning.
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Two friends are watching the morning sky from a balcony.

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