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初更
chū​gēng

first watch

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
初更 chū​gēng
first watch
(old) the first of the five night watch periods, occurring between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM; the beginning of the night

Frequency

Written text
0.159 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 初夜 chū​yè
  • 起更 qǐ​gēng

Same as

  • 甲夜 jiǎ​yè

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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