早 (zou2 | zao3) : early

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早

zou2

zao3

[1] early; earlier; soon; beforehand; previous; premature [2] morning [3] ago; before [4] Good morning!

Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 日 (#72)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

早

Don't confuse with:
旱

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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朝早 ziu1 zou2 = in the morning 粵

早啲 zou2 di1 = earlier 粵

早晨 zou2 san4 zao3 chen2 = good morning; morning

最早 zeoi3 zou2 zui4 zao3 = at the earliest

早唞 zou2 tau2 = good night; drop dead 粵

提早 tai4 zou2 ti2 zao3 = in advance; ahead of time

趁早 can3 zou2 = while it's not too late

朝頭早 ziu1 tau4 zou2 = morning 粵

早餐 zou2 caan1 zao3 can1 = breakfast

一早 jat1 zou2 yi1 zao3 = earlier on; from the beginning
See all 85 compounds (CantoDict reports 88 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 12 examples containing 早

我今日未食早餐粵
I haven't eaten breakfast yet today

我今日唔會食早餐粵
Today I'm not going to eat breakfast

咁早返好少有喎粵
It's rare to see you back so early!
[Lit. so early return seldom have [particle]]

我父母早餐常吃烤麵包。國
My parents eat toast for breakfast.

不如去雞記食早餐囉! 粵
Let's go to KFC have a breakfast.

你媽咪畀唔畀你早走呀？粵
Will your mum let you go early?
[Lit. you mum let-not-let you early run?]

天色不早。國
It's getting late.

畀我就一早收綫唔同佢嗲咁耐！粵
I would have hung up the phone and not chatted with her for so long.
[Literally: 畀我就 - If I was in the situation, 一早收綫 - (I) would have hung up right at the outset 唔同佢嗲 - (and) wouldn't have talked with her 咁耐! - so long!]

朝早食嗰碗粥稀冧冧，未到晏晝就餓嘅嘞粵
The bowl of porridge you had this morning was so watery. You will be hungry before noon.

早睡早起身體好。
It is good for our body's health to sleep and get up early.

你一日食十包煙，想早啲釘蓋呀？粵
You smoke ten packs of cigarettes a day, (you) got a death wish?
[Lit: You smoke ten packs of cigarettes a day, (you) want to die earlier?]

你哋遲早會知，我都唔需要隱瞞粵
You'd have had to find out sometime, there's no point in me covering anything up.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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