破晓

破曉

pòxiǎo

noun #18,987

Meanings

1 daybreak
2 dawn

Characters

to break; to shatter

Examples

他们在破晓时分出发了。

Tāmen zài pòxiǎo shífēn chūfā le.

They set out at daybreak.

破晓的阳光照进了房间。

Pòxiǎo de yángguāng zhào jìn le fángjiān.

The light of dawn shone into the room.

Tips

memory

破 (to break) + 晓 (dawn) -- dawn breaks through the darkness. The night is 'broken' by the first light of morning.

register

破晓 is literary and poetic. In everyday speech, Chinese speakers prefer 天亮 (it's light out) or 黎明 (dawn).

Stroke Order

破 pò

晓 xiǎo