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早 zǎo

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早 zǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zǎo | zao3
English translation
early
morning
Good morning!
early; soon; morning

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About 早 zǎo

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

早 zǎo

Contains the radical

日 Rì

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

The first rays 十 shí of the sun 日 Rì

Etymology of 早 zǎo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿱日十

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 日 Rì represents the meaning and 棗 zǎo represents the sound. The form of the original phonetic component 棗 zǎo was abbreviated to look like 十 shí .

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Example sentences using 早 zǎo

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德国 Dé guó 人 rén 早已 zǎo yǐ 严阵以待,他们 tā men 憋足了 le 气 qì , 还击 huán jī 起来 qǐlai 绝 jué 不 bù 手软 shǒu ruǎn .

The German lines are aroused and furious, return the fire cruelly.

上班 shàngbān 之前 zhī qián 你 nǐ 应该 yīnggāi 吃 chī 饱 bǎo 早饭 zǎo fàn .

You should eat your breakfast before going to work.

气象 qìxiàng 预报 yùbào 说 shuì 早上 zǎoshang 天 tiān 晴 qíng 后 Hòu 转 zhuǎn 阴 Yīn .

The weatherforecast said fair in the morning, later cloudy.

那天 nà tiān 晚上 wǎnshang 早些 zǎo xiē 时候 shíhou 他 tā 的确 díquè 是 shì 吃 chī 了 le 太 tài 多 duō 香 xiāng 辣 là 咖喱 gā lí 鸡 jī 了 le .

He did have too much spiced curry chicken earlier that evening.

“ 嗨 hāi , "杜洛埃说 shuì , 对 duì 她 tā 的 de 语气 yǔqì 感到 gǎn dào 大惑不 bù 解 Xiè , " 你 nǐ 早就 zǎo jiù 知道 zhīdào 这 zhè 件 jiàn 事 shì 了 le , 对不对 duì bù duì ? ”

" Why,'said Drouet, puzzled at her tone, " you knew that, didn't you? "

Words with 早 zǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
早 zǎo early早 zǎo
早上 zǎoshang early morning早上 zǎoshang
早就 zǎo jiù already at an earlier time早就 zǎo jiù
早餐 zǎo cān breakfast早餐 zǎo cān
早晨 zǎo chén early morning早晨 zǎo chén
早已 zǎo yǐ long ago早已 zǎo yǐ
早安 zǎo ān Good morning!早安 zǎo ān
早期 zǎo qī early period早期 zǎo qī
早点 zǎo diǎn breakfast早點
明早 míng zǎo tomorrow明早 míng zǎo
迟早 chízǎo sooner or later遲早
早饭 zǎo fàn breakfast早飯
早日 zǎo rì soon早日 zǎo rì
早起 zǎo qǐ to get up early早起 zǎo qǐ
一早 yī zǎo at dawn一早 yī zǎo
一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn一大早 yī dà zǎo
早报 zǎo bào morning newspaper早報
早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening早晚 zǎo wǎn
尽早 jǐn zǎo as early as possible儘早
提早 tí zǎo ahead of schedule提早 tí zǎo
过早 guò zǎo premature過早
早年 zǎo nián early years早年 zǎo nián
及早 jízǎo as soon as possible及早 jízǎo
大清早 dà qīng zǎo early in the morning大清早 dà qīng zǎo
早稻 zǎo dào early season rice早稻 zǎo dào

早 zǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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早 zǎo Decomposition

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早 zǎo Compounds

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  • 早 zǎo
    • 朝 Cháo
    • 章 Zhāng
      • 赣 gàn
      • 贛 gàn
        • 灨
      • 障 zhàng , 蟑 zhāng , 彰 zhāng , 瘴 zhàng , 樟 zhāng , 獐 zhāng , 嶂 zhàng , 嫜 zhāng , 幛 zhàng , 暲 zhāng , 漳 zhāng , 璋 zhāng , 瞕 zhàng , 鄣 zhāng , 鱆 zhāng , 傽, 慞, 竷, 蔁, 遧, 鏱, 騿, 麞
    • 翰 hàn
    • 戟 jǐ
      • 撠, 橶
    • 覃 tán
      • 谭 tán , 潭 tán , 蕈 xùn , 墰 tán , 撢 dǎn , 燂 qián , 瞫 Shěn , 磹 diàn , 禫 tǎn , 簟 diàn , 贉 tǎn , 醰 tán , 镡 chán , 驔 tán , 嘾, 憛, 曋, 橝, 罈 tán , 蟫, 譚 tán , 鐔
    • 幹 gàn
    • 草 cǎo , 韩 hán , 斡 wò , 韓 hán , 榦 gàn , 螒 hàn , 逴 chuò , 雗 hàn , 乹 gān , 琸
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