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早
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Definitions
- 1. early
- 2. morning
- 3. Good morning!
- 4. long ago
- 5. prematurely
Example Sentences
1 shown早 ！
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 早
to die while still relatively young
as soon as possible
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it
morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries)
early frost
matins
morning market
to leave early and return late (idiom)
at dawn
a little early
arriving early can't beat coming at the right time
soon; at an early date
presenilins
former times
to end one's suffering by dying quickly and being reincarnated
breakfast
early morning
to get up early
it's getting late; time's getting on
give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds)
early morning
earlier
to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time)
to die an untimely death (idiom)
If I had known earlier...
premature; untimely
preinitiation
(medicine) premature beat; extrasystole
tomorrow morning
morning erection
previously
breakfast
already at an earlier time
to have a premature birth
as early as possible
to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
to marry too early
as soon as possible
Waseda University (private university in Tokyo)
this morning
to arrive early
precocious; early-maturing
(idiom) the sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards
to plant early; to sow seeds in early spring
flavor of yesteryear
premature ejaculation
one's early years
morning show (at a theater or cinema); matinee
premature death
premature
sooner or later
a little earlier
first thing in the morning
early in the morning
morning and evening
early autumn
to age prematurely
previously
to give sb a wake-up call (at a hotel)
early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours
early in the morning
if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
for a long time; long since
to die young
many years ago; in the past
Good morning!
early season rice
as soon as possible
morning tea
to recover health quickly; Get well soon!
see 起早貪黑|起早贪黑[qǐ zǎo tān hēi]
to know in advance
morning newspaper
early demise
a long time ago
preschool group for kids aged three or less
morning bus
breakfast
(coll.) Alzheimer's disease
early spring
South China Morning Post (newspaper in Hong Kong)
early in the morning
(saying) people don't get up early unless there is some benefit in doing so
when?
early shift; morning work shift
at the earliest possible time; as soon as possible
early effect
at daybreak
early period; early phase; early stage
ahead of schedule
lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
to be in love when one is too young; puppy love
as early as
Good morning!
a bit earlier