<p>生辰 can mean either "birthday"(the day one's birth) or 生日+时辰 (birthday + birth time) as in the phrase 生辰八字. </p>

<p>Usually, 生辰 just means <strong>birthday</strong>, but it's more <strong>literary</strong>. You can probably only see it's used in a book. For example, 而这一日子恰逢其80岁生辰. Normally, people just use 生日 in spoken, but you can say 生辰 when you try to be more literary. </p>

<p>生天 isn't a correct word for birthday. 生天 in old Chinese is the same as 升天, which means <strong>go to heaven</strong>.</p>

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<p>辰primarily means time of the day. Also could refer to the specific combination of star, moon and sun, i.e. a specific date and time.</p>

<p>生辰 would then first mean the date and time of birth. Usually only used for calculating your fortune, and it's in conjunction with 生辰八字.  Nowadays nobody use it for "Birthday". I personally only know one case of "Birthday" from an ancient novel 水浒传.</p>

<p>No, no one would ever say 生天.</p>

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Xiaoxiong Lin
<p>生日是出生的日子，生辰是出生的时辰。中国人迷信出生的时辰决定了人一生的命运。</p>

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<p>Recently, I have come across people giving birthday wishes to others using the word 生辰 instead of 生日.</p>

<p>I looked up some online dictionary/translation tools and it turns out 生辰 also means birthday.</p>

<p>So what are the differences between 生辰，生日. By the way, do people also 生天 to mean birthday in Chinese?</p>

<p>Thanks,</p>

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# The differences between 生日 and 生辰

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-01)

Recently, I have come across people giving birthday wishes to others using the word 生辰 instead of 生日.

I looked up some online dictionary/translation tools and it turns out 生辰 also means birthday.

So what are the differences between 生辰，生日. By the way, do people also 生天 to mean birthday in Chinese?

Thanks,

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-08-02. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

生辰 can mean either "birthday"(the day one's birth) or 生日+时辰 (birthday + birth time) as in the phrase 生辰八字.

Usually, 生辰 just means **birthday**, but it's more **literary**. You can probably only see it's used in a book. For example, 而这一日子恰逢其80岁生辰. Normally, people just use 生日 in spoken, but you can say 生辰 when you try to be more literary.

生天 isn't a correct word for birthday. 生天 in old Chinese is the same as 升天, which means **go to heaven**.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-08-01. Score: 1

辰primarily means time of the day. Also could refer to the specific combination of star, moon and sun, i.e. a specific date and time.

生辰 would then first mean the date and time of birth. Usually only used for calculating your fortune, and it's in conjunction with 生辰八字. Nowadays nobody use it for "Birthday". I personally only know one case of "Birthday" from an ancient novel 水浒传.

No, no one would ever say 生天.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-08-01. Score: 0

生日是出生的日子，生辰是出生的时辰。中国人迷信出生的时辰决定了人一生的命运。


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