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

• 早衰 to age prematurely
• 早退 early retirement; to leave a meeting too early
• 早老素 presenilins
• 早操 morning exercises
• 早夭 to die young
• 早出晚归(早出晚歸) to leave early and return late
• 早睡早起 early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours
• 起早 to rise early ; very early in the morning
• 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
• 叫早 to give somebody a wake-up call (at a hotel)
• 早播 to plant early; to sow seeds in early spring; early sowing
• 早搏 premature beat; extrasystole
• 早死 early demise; untimely death
• 早亡 premature death
• 早熟 precocious; early-maturing
• 早点(早點) breakfast
• 早报(早報) morning newspaper
• 早晚 morning and evening ; sooner or later ; when ; right away
• 提早 to shift to an earlier time
• 趁早 as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better
• 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
• 早些 a little earlier
• 早班 early shift; morning work shift
• 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
• 早来(早來) to come early; already; early
• 稍早 a little early
• 早在 as early as
• 早期效应(早期效應) early effect
• 这早晚儿(這早晚兒) now; at this time; this late
• 早死早超生 to end one's suffering by dying quickly and being reincarnated; to get it over with
• 早起 to get up early
• 一早 early in the morning; at dawn
• 早市 morning market
• 早逝 early demise; untimely death
• 这早晚(這早晚) at that time
• 及早 early; as soon as possible
• 什锦早餐(什錦早餐) muesli
• 早生贵子(早生貴子) give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to the newly-weds)
• 早稻 early season rice; rice at transplanting or still unripe
• 早安 Good morning!
• 起早贪黑(起早貪黑) to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
• 明早 tomorrow morning; tomorrow
• 早期 early period; early phase; early stage
• 来得早不如来得巧(來得早不如來得巧) arriving early can't beat coming at the right time; perfect timing
• 几早(幾早) when
• 早餐 breakfast
• 早泄(早洩) premature ejaculation
• 早勃 morning erection
• 一黑早 at dawn; early in the morning

Also contained in

早参晚参 、 南华早报

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
• 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
• 第五十四回 Chapter 54 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 12
• 第三十一回 Chapter 31 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
• 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
• 在于早 (在於早) 不困在於早慮 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十六 談叢 Chapter 16: Abundant Discussion — 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
• 早终 (早終) 誼亦天年早終 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷四十八 賈誼傳 Volume 48: Jia Yi — count: 3