早 zǎo — morning; early morning; dawn; morn; breakfast; morning

早
zǎo

Level 1 · Common HSK 1 #419

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Basic definition

noun
  1. morning; early morning; dawn; morn; breakfast; morning e.g 早晨早上早饭
  2. early; past; former; long ago; in old days; previously e.g 早年早期
adjective
  1. early; beforehand; prior; premature; before; early e.g 早退早衰
  2. early; premature; ahead of time; soon; early e.g 早熟早产早春
adverb
  1. long ago; already; as early as; long since; already e.g 早已早就

Detailed explanation

noun
  1. (会意。小篆字形，上面是“日”，下面是“甲”。“甲”的最早写法象“十”，指皮开裂，或东西破裂。“早”即天将破晓，太阳冲破黑暗而裂开涌出之意。本义:早晨)
  2. early morning e.g 清早明早早出晚归起早贪黑大清早 早天 · 早角 · 早朝 · 早膳 · 早霞 · 早堂
  3. 姓
adverb
  1. already e.g 早来 · 早为
  2. luckily e.g 早则
  3. early;beforehand;in advance e.g 他早走了 · 早死了 · 早世
pronoun
  1. what time
adjective
  1. youngly e.g 曾是一个热情的、早熟的姑娘 · 早茂 · 早成 · 早夭 · 早寡
  2. young e.g 早年
  3. in advance;soon e.g 迟早趁早提早 今年春天来得早 · 早间 · 早律 · 推测结果还为时太早 · 六十岁退休可不早 · 早早
verb
  1. good morning e.g 先生早 · 你早

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