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  zou2   jyutping
  zao3   pinyin
[1] early; earlier; soon; beforehand; previous; premature [2] morning [3] ago; before [4] Good morning!

Stroke count: 6
Level: 2
Radical: (#72)

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

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This word has been viewed 18377 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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detail  ziu1 zou2   = in the morning
detail  zou2 di1   = earlier
detail  zou2 san4  zao3 chen2 = good morning; morning
detail  zeoi3 zou2  zui4 zao3 = at the earliest
detail  zou2 tau2   = good night; drop dead
detail  tai4 zou2  ti2 zao3 = in advance; ahead of time
detail  can3 zou2   = while it's not too late
detail  ziu1 tau4 zou2   = morning
detail  zou2 caan1  zao3 can1 = breakfast
detail  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 10 of 12 examples containing 早
detail audio 今日早餐
I haven't eaten breakfast yet today
detail audio 今日唔會早餐
Today I'm not going to eat breakfast
detail 好少
It's rare to see you back so early!
[Lit. so early return seldom have [particle]]
detail 父母早餐麵包
My parents eat toast for breakfast.
detail audio 不如雞記早餐!
Let's go to KFC have a breakfast.
detail 媽咪唔畀
Will your mum let you go early?
[Lit. you mum let-not-let you early run?]
detail 天色
It's getting late.
detail 畀我一早唔同
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!]
detail 朝早稀冧冧晏晝
The bowl of porridge you had this morning was so watery. You will be hungry before noon.
detail 早睡早起身體
It is good for our body's health to sleep and get up early.
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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: 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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