早
zǎo
Meaning
- early
- morning
- Good morning!
Definition
早晨；时间靠前；提前；表示很久以前。
morning; early; in advance; a long time ago.
Usage
可作名词（早晨）、形容词（时间早）或副词（早早地、早已）。
Used as a noun (morning), adjective (early), or adverb (early, long ago).
Examples
- 1 早上好。 (Good morning.)
- 2 你来得真早。 (You came really early.)
- 3 早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 (The early bird catches the worm.)
- 4 他早就不干了。 (He has long since quit.)
- 5 早知如此，何必当初。 (If I had known this earlier, why did I do it in the first place?)
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