生辰

shēngchén
noun #44,248

Meanings

  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 time and date of birth

Examples

HSK 5
Jīntiān shì wàigōng de shēngchén.
Today is grandfather's birthday.
HSK 5
Suànmìng yào xiān zhīdào shēngchén bāzì.
Fortune-telling requires knowing your birth time and date first.

Tips

register
More literary / elder-register than 生日. Frequently appears in the set phrase 生辰八字 (the eight characters for year, month, day, and hour of birth) used in traditional fortune-telling and matchmaking.

Stroke Order

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