四更

sìgēng

noun

Meanings

1 fourth night watch (about 1 to 3 am)

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

四更天，大家都还在睡觉。

Sìgēng tiān, dàjiā dōu hái zài shuìjiào.

At the fourth watch, everyone was still asleep.

HSK 4

他四更就起床，赶着进城卖菜。

Tā sìgēng jiù qǐchuáng, gǎn zhe jìnchéng mài cài.

He got up at the fourth watch and hurried into town to sell vegetables.

Tips

culture

The fourth of the five night watches (更) of old China, between 三更, the dead of night, and 五更, just before dawn.

Stroke Order

四 sì

更 gèng