| 早晨 | zǎo chén | early morning; Classifiers: 个 | |
| 凌晨 | líng chén | very early in the morning; in the wee hours | |
| 清晨 | qīng chén | early morning | |
| 晨报 | chén bào | morning newspaper; (in a newspaper's name) Morning Post | |
| 晨曦 | chén xī | first rays of morning sun; first glimmer of dawn |
| 1 | Are you a morning runner? If not, why do you night owls prefer the evening? | |
| 2 | This is a very common problem for early morning runners. | |
| 3 | You can get a late train back [Sunday night], or there' s an early express that [Bob] usually takes on [Monday morning]. | |
| 4 | No, come here, Miss Catherine, now and then: not every morning, but once or twice a week. | |
| 5 | He was inspired to start running again, and began running every morning. |
