生辰

shēngchén

noun #44,248

Meanings

1 birthday (literary)
2 time and date of birth

Characters

time; celestial bodies

Examples

今天是外公的生辰。

Jīntiān shì wàigōng de shēngchén.

Today is grandfather's birthday.

算命要先知道生辰八字。

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

生 shēng

辰 chén