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Spotify vocabulary

歌曲

gēqǔ

song

歌单

gēdān

playlist

队列

duìliè

queue

专辑

zhuānjí

album

艺人

yìrén

artist

随机播放

suíjī bōfàng

Shuffle

循环播放

xúnhuán bōfàng

Loop

转至播放队列

zhuàn zhì bōfàng duìliè

go to playback queue

点赞

diǎnzàn

to like

加入歌单

jiārù gēdān

add to playlist

加入播放队列

jiārù bōfàng duìliè

add to playback queue

查看专辑

chákàn zhuānjí

view album

查看艺人

chákàn yìrén

view artist

分享

fēnxiǎng

share

睡眠定时器

shuìmián dìngshíqì

sleep timer

转至歌曲电台

zhuàn zhì gēqǔ diàntái

go to song radio station

显示制作人

xiǎnshì zhìzuò rén

show producer

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Chinese Time of Day Vocabulary

I’ve been keeping a list of words/characters related to times of day since last year. You probably know basic words like 早上, 上午, 晚上, etc. But there are so many other words and characters you may encounter in your language journey! Note: this list isn’t meant to be complete.

Sunset (I think) by Tian’anmen Square about 3 years ago.

Dawn/early morning

天亮 tiānliàng - dawn / daybreak

日出 rìchū - sunrise

早 zǎo - early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely 一大早 yīdàzǎo - at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning 早上 zǎoshang - early morning

旭 xù - dawn / rising sun

昕 xīn - dawn

晓 xiǎo - dawn / daybreak / to know / to let sb know / to make explicit 破晓 pòxiǎo - daybreak / dawn

晗 hán - before daybreak / dawn about to break

晞 xī - dawn / to dry in the sun

晨 chén - morning / dawn / daybreak 凌晨 língchén - very early in the morning / in the wee hours 早晨 zǎochén - early morning 晨曦 chénxī - first rays of morning sun / first glimmer of dawn 清晨 qīngchén - early morning

朝 zhāo - morning 朝阳 zhāoyáng - the morning sun

黎明 límíng - dawn / daybreak

The single characters above can be found in Chinese names. Some are quite common.

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