zǎo

早

early / morning

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Words with 早

早上 zǎo shang early morning HSK 1
早饭 zǎo fàn breakfast HSK 1
早就 zǎo jiù already at an earlier time HSK 2
早餐 zǎo cān breakfast HSK 2
早晨 zǎo chén early morning; also pr. [zǎo chen] HSK 2
早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past HSK 3
早期 zǎo qī early period; early phase; early stage HSK 5
早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening; (dialect) some time in the future; some day HSK 6
一早 yī zǎo early in the morning; at dawn HSK 7–9
迟早 chí zǎo sooner or later HSK 7–9
一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn; at first light HSK 7–9
早日 zǎo rì soon; at an early date; the early days; the past HSK 7–9

Examples from your lessons

  • 我每天早上六点半起床。 I get up at 6:30 AM every day. Lesson 9
  • 那么早!你几点上课? That early! What time does class start? Lesson 9
  • 八点上课。我先吃早饭,然后去学校。 Class starts at 8. I eat breakfast first, then go to school. Lesson 9
  • 我每天早上六点半起床。 I get up at 6:30 every morning. Lesson 14
  • 我早上喝牛奶,不喝咖啡。 In the morning I drink milk, not coffee. Lesson 18
  • 早上是晴天,下午可能会阴。 Sunny this morning; it may cloud over this afternoon. Lesson 20

Character facts

Radical
日 sun; day; daytime
Parts
日 + 十
Structure
Top–bottom
Unicode
U+65E9

Ideographic: The first rays 十 of the sun 日