早 zǎo
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zǎo
adjective
early
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (Guoyu '早' adj 3; CCD '早' 4, p. 2394; Unihan '早'; XHZD '早' 2, p. 941) -
zǎo
noun
early morning
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: For example, 一大早 'first light' (Guoyu '早' n 1; CCD '早' 1, p. 2394; Unihan '早'; XHZD '早' 1, p. 941) -
zǎo
adverb
soon
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (Guoyu '早' adv 3) -
zǎo
adjective
a long time ago
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (Guoyu '早' adj 4; CCD '早' 2, p. 2394) -
zǎo
adjective
previous
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (CCD '早' 3, p. 2394) -
zǎo
interjection
Good morning!
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Short form of 早安 (Guoyu '早' n 2; CCD '早' 5, p. 2394) -
zǎo
proper noun
Zao
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '早' n 3) -
zǎo
adverb
already
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (Guoyu '早' adv 2)
Contained in
- 早死 early demise; untimely death
- 早些 a little earlier
- 清早 early morning
- 晨早 early in the dawn
- 早茶 morning tea
- 早死早超生 to end one's suffering by dying quickly and being reincarnated; to get it over with
- 大清早 early in the morning
- 早睡早起 early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours
- 早婚 to marry too early
- 早前 previously
- 丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆(醜媳婦早晚也得見公婆) the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law
- 早早儿(早早兒) as soon as possible; as early as one can
- 起早 to rise early ; very early in the morning
- 早上 early morning
- 早早 very early
- 早期 early period; early phase; early stage
- 早出晚归(早出晚歸) to leave early and return late
- 赶早(趕早) as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
- 早操 morning exercises
- 早老素 presenilins
- 早退 early retirement; to leave a meeting too early
- 早日 soon; shortly ; previously
- 早搏 premature beat; extrasystole
- 早晨 early morning
- 早稻 early season rice; rice at transplanting or still unripe
- 打早 earlier; long ago; as soon as possible
- 早秋 early autumn
- 尽早(儘早) as early as possible
- 早已 long ago
- 出来混迟早要还的(出來混遲早要還的) if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
- 一黑早 at dawn; early in the morning
- 早车(早車) morning bus; early train
- 几早(幾早) when
- 早生贵子(早生貴子) give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to the newly-weds)
- 早上好 Good morning!
- 早场(早場) morning show (at theater); matinee
- 早恋(早戀) puppy love
- 一大早 very early morning; first light
- 早起 to get up early
- 叫早 to give somebody a wake-up call (at a hotel)
- 老早 a long time ago
- 早知今日何必当初(早知今日何必當初) if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus
- 早班儿(早班兒) early shift
- 早在 as early as
- 早年 early years; adolescence
- 这早晚(這早晚) at that time
- 早班 early shift; morning work shift
- 过早起爆(過早起爆) preinitiation
- 早期效应(早期效應) early effect
- 早就 already at an earlier time
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Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷八十九 列傳第七十七: 藝術上 Volume 89 Biographies 77: Diviners 1 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 20
- 卷91 術藝:晁崇 張淵 殷紹 王早 耿玄 劉靈助 江式等 Volume 91: The Arts - Chao Chong, Zhang Yuan, Yin Shao, Wang Zao, Geng Xuan, Liu Lingzhu, Jiang Shi, and others Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 17
- 卷一百二十一 列傳第九 公主 Volume 121 Biographies 9: Princesses History of Ming 明史 — count: 15
- 第十三回 Chapter 13 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 13
- 第九十二回 Chapter 92 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 13
- 第五十四回 Chapter 54 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 12
- 卷二十 魏書二十 武文世王公傳 Volume 20: Book of Wei 20 - Biographies of nobles in Emperors Wu and Wen's time Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 12
- 卷六 魏書六 董二袁劉傳 Volume 6: Book of Wei 6 - Biographies of Dong, the two Yuans, and Liu Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 12
- 第五十回 Chapter 50 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 12
- 第三十四回 Chapter 34 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 11
Collocations
- 早图 (早圖) 若不早圖 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 8
- 岁早 (歲早) 歲早水晚旱 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 5
- 早降 (早降) 則白露早降 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 5
- 不如早 (不如早) 不如早為之所 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
- 早卒 (早卒) 俞彌早卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
- 早失 (早失) 早失父母 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《外戚世家》 Houses of the External Relatives — count: 4
- 早言 (早言) 子早言我 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷四 立節 Chapter 4: Personal Integrity — count: 4
- 王早 (王早) 願王早圖之 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 3
- 早水 (早水) 歲早水晚旱 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3
- 早旱 (早旱) 歲早旱晚水 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三 天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3