朝 (ziu1 ciu4 | zhao1 chao2) : morning; face towards; dynasty

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朝

ziu1 ciu4

zhao1 chao2

[粵] ziu1 | [國] zhao1
[1] [n] morning; dawn
[2] [n] day; now

[粵] ciu4 | [國] chao2
[1] [v] face towards; front onto
[2] [prep] towards; to
[3] [v] pay respects to (emperor or deities)
[4] [n] dynasty; imperial court

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 12

Level: 1

Radical: 月 (#74)

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

朝

This word has been viewed 15779 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Jul 2014 01:57

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朝早 ziu1 zou2 = in the morning 粵

聽朝 ting1 ziu1 ting1 zhao1 = tomorrow morning 粵

今朝 gam1 ziu1 jin1 zhao1 = this morning

朝頭早 ziu1 tau4 zou2 = morning 粵

明朝 ming4 ziu1/ciu4 ming2 zhao1 = tomorrow morning (ming4 ziu1); Ming Dynasty (ming4 ciu4)

今朝早 gam1 ziu1 zou2 = this morning 粵

聽朝早 ting1 ziu1 zou2 = early tomorrow morning 粵

朝朝 ziu1 ziu1 = every morning 粵

王朝 wong4 ciu4 wang2 chao2 = dynasty; imperial court

朝夕 ziu1 zik6 zhao1 xi1/4 (PRC/Taiwan) = day and night; always
See all 74 compounds (CantoDict reports 76 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 8 examples containing 朝

我每朝都喺七點鐘開工，所以我夜晚唔可以出街粵
I start work at 7 o'clock each morning, so I can't stay out too late.
[Lit. I every morning also at 7 o'clock open-work, so I late cannot go-out]

我聽朝喺六點鐘開工，所以我今晚唔可以行公司粵
I‘ve got to start work at six tomorrow, so I can't go shopping tonight.
[Lit. I tomorrow morning at six o'clock start-work, therefore I this-evening cannot go-shopping]

佢今朝要去見工。粵
He's attending a job interview this morning.
[[國] 他今天早上要去參加求職面試。]

唔係呃,我今朝重未見到佢。粵
No, I haven't seen him yet this morning.
[呃 [aak3] is a final particle used here to emphasize a denial of sth which is often detailed immediately after it.]

咁夜重上網？不如聽朝再玩過啦！粵
Still surfing the web at this time of the night? Why don't you (go to bed) and go online again in the morning?

今日成朝開籠雀噉梗係男朋友返咗嚟粵
She’s been talking non-stop the whole morning. Probably because the boyfriend has come back.
[Alternative (more literal) translation: She was singing the whole morning like a bird (not in captivity). The boyfriend must have returned to her.]

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.

我今朝發咗個夢，係關於你嘅。喺夢裡面我見到你同我一齊玩器械。粵
This morning I had a dream, it was about you. In the dream I saw us playing the equipment together

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