早 zǎo

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. zǎo adverb soon
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (Guoyu '早' adv 3)
4. 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)
5. zǎo adjective previous
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (CCD '早' 3, p. 2394)
6. 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)
7. zǎo proper noun Zao
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '早' n 3)
8. zǎo adverb already
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: (Guoyu '早' adv 2)

Contained in

• 早些 a little earlier
• 即早 as soon as possible
• 早前 previously
• 早班儿(早班兒) early shift
• 稍早 a little early
• 早起 to get up early
• 早霜 early frost
• 早已 long ago
• 尽早(儘早) as early as possible
• 一早 early in the morning; at dawn
• 早勃 morning erection
• 一大早 very early morning; first light
• 早操 morning exercises
• 古早 old times; former times
• 明早 tomorrow morning; tomorrow
• 早早儿(早早兒) as soon as possible; as early as one can
• 早来(早來) to come early; already; early
• 早上好 Good morning!
• 早动手，早收获(早動手，早收穫) The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards.
• 多早晚 when?
• 早岁(早歲) early years; adolescence
• 早死 early demise; untimely death
• 一清早 early in the morning
• 过早起爆(過早起爆) preinitiation
• 几早(幾早) when
• 及早起来(及早起來) to wake up early
• 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
• 最早 earliest
• 打早 earlier; long ago; as soon as possible
• 早市 morning market
• 早日 soon; shortly ; previously
• 早搏 premature beat; extrasystole
• 早恋(早戀) puppy love
• 英年早逝 to die an untimely death; to be cut off in one's prime
• 早晨 early morning
• 迟早(遲早) sooner or later
• 早日康复(早日康復) Get well soon!; to recover health quickly
• 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
• 早期效应(早期效應) early effect
• 起早贪黑(起早貪黑) to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
• 早就 already at an earlier time
• 早点(早點) breakfast
• 早春 early spring
• 早老素 presenilins
• 早期 early period; early phase; early stage
• 早报(早報) morning newspaper
• 早上 early morning
• 早餐 breakfast
• 这早晚(這早晚) at that time

Also contained in

早期官话 、 早稻田大学

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
• 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
• 第五十回 Chapter 50 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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
• 第五十四回 Chapter 54 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 早旱 (早旱) 歲早旱晚水 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三　天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3
• 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