| 黎明 | lí míng | dawn / daybreak |   |
| 天明 | tiān míng | dawn / daybreak | |
| 破晓 | pò xiǎo | daybreak / dawn | |
| 蒙蒙亮 | mēng mēng liàng | dawn / the first glimmer of light | |
| 旦 |  dàn | (literary) dawn / daybreak / dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors) | |
| 晓 | xiǎo | dawn / daybreak / to know / to let sb know / to make explicit | |
| 晨 | chén | morning / dawn / daybreak | |
| 旭 | xù | dawn / rising sun | |
| 曙 | shǔ | (bound form) daybreak / dawn / Taiwan pr. [shu4] | |
| 昕 | xīn | dawn | |
| 昉 | fǎng | dawn / to begin | |
| 沬 | mèi | dawn / place name | |
| 晞 | xī | dawn / to dry in the sun | |
| 旴 | xū | dawn | |
| 傍亮 | bàng liàng | dawn / daybreak | |
| 倝 | gàn | dawn (archaic) | |
| 平旦 | píng dàn | (literary) daybreak / dawn | |
| 昒 | hū | daybreak / dawn / dusky / dim | |
| 平明 | píng míng | (literary) dawn / daybreak / impartial and astute | |
| 一早 | yī zǎo | early in the morning / at dawn | |
| 曙光 | shǔ guāng | the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period / a new beginning | |
| 一大早 | yī dà zǎo | at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning | |
| 晨曦 | chén xī | first rays of morning sun / first glimmer of dawn | |
| 启明 | Qǐ míng | Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn | |
| 拂晓 | fú xiǎo | daybreak / approach of dawn | |
| 鱼肚白 | yú dù bái | fish-belly white (used to describe the dingy light of the dawn sky) | |
| 朝不保夕 | zhāo bù bǎo xī | at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth | |
| 旷古 | kuàng gǔ | since the dawn of time / from the year dot | |
| 晗 | hán | before daybreak / dawn about to break / (used in given names) | |
| 朝不虑夕 | zhāo bù lu:4 xī | at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth | |
| 枕戈待旦 | zhěn gē dài dàn | lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom) / fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle | |
| 朝朝暮暮 | zhāo zhāo mù mù | from dawn to dusk / all the time | |
| 欧若拉 | ōu ruò lā | Aurora, Roman goddess of dawn | |
| 曚 | méng | twilight before dawn | |
| 侵晨 | qīn chén | towards dawn | |
| 薄明 | bó míng | dim light / early dawn | |
| 薄晓 | bó xiǎo | at dawn | |
| 质明 | zhì míng | at dawn | |
| 黎明前的黑暗 | lí míng qián de hēi àn | darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom) | |
| 黎明时分 | lí míng shí fèn | daybreak / at the crack of dawn | |
| 晨昏轨道 | chén hūn guǐ dào | dawn orbit / dusk orbit | |
| 麻麻亮 | mā ma liàng | (dialect) to begin to dawn / to be just getting light | |
| 黎明时分 | lí míng shí fēn | daybreak / at the crack of dawn | |
| 从早到晚 | cóng zǎo dào wǎn | from morning till night / from dawn to dusk / all day long | |
| 曙色 | shǔ sè | the light of early dawn | |
