How to write 早

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Meaning of 早

Pinyin zǎo

Radical

日

Strokes

Definition

early / morning

Usage

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早 [zǎo] 名词 1. 太阳出来的时候。 (English: Early morning) 2. 时间靠前，有一定的时间以前。 (English: Early; beforehand; in advance) 3. 时间在先的，从前。 (English: In the past) 早晨 - 早晨 (清早, early morning) - 早出晚归 (out early and return late) - 明早 (tomorrow morning) 形容词 1. 在平生的早期;在年轻时。 (English: Youngly) 2. 特指年幼时。 (English: Young) 3. 在通常、预期、规定或实际的时间以前。是迟或晚的反义词。 (English: In advance; soon) 副词 1. 本来;已经。 (English: Already) 2. 幸亏，幸而。 (English: Luckily) 3. 比一定的时间靠前。 (English: Early; beforehand) 代词何时;何日。 (English: What time) 动词早上见面时，相互招呼用语。 (English: Good morning)

及早 jí zǎo

at the earliest possible time / as soon as possible

为时尚早 wéi shí shàng zǎo

too early / time is not yet ripe

早就 zǎo jiù

already at an earlier time

尽早 jǐn zǎo

as early as possible

早已 zǎo yǐ

long ago / for a long time

很早 hěn zǎo

very early

很早以前 hěn zǎo yǐ qián

long before

早搏 zǎo bó

(medicine) premature beat / extrasystole

早期 zǎo qī

early period / early phase / early stage

最早 zuì zǎo

at the earliest / at the soonest

早晨 zǎo chén

early morning / CL:個|个[ge4]

过早 guò zǎo

premature / untimely

早年 zǎo nián

early years / adolescence

早上 zǎo shang

early morning / CL:個|个[ge4]

早晚 zǎo wǎn

morning and evening / sooner or later

一早 yī zǎo

early in the morning / at dawn

早日 zǎo rì

soon / shortly / on a day quite soon / promptly

迟早 chí zǎo

sooner or later

早早 zǎo zǎo

very early / as early as possible

早知 zǎo zhī

foresight / foreknowledge / if one had known earlier,...

早点 zǎo diǎn

breakfast

一大早 yī dà zǎo

at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning

早饭 zǎo fàn

breakfast / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]

早餐 zǎo cān

breakfast / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]

早春 zǎo chūn

early spring

早泄 zǎo xiè

premature ejaculation

早熟 zǎo shú

precocious / early-maturing

早些 zǎo xiē

a bit earlier

早稻 zǎo dào

early season rice / rice at transplanting or still unripe

早衰 zǎo shuāi

to age prematurely / premature senescence

起早贪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi

to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late

赶早 gǎn zǎo

as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late

趁早 chèn zǎo

as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late

早逝 zǎo shì

early demise / untimely death

英年早逝 yīng nián zǎo shì

to die an untimely death (idiom) / to be cut off in one's prime