早晚

zǎo wǎn

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Noun Uncommon

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Definitions

1. morning and evening
2. (dialect) some time in the future; some day

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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• 整天 zhěng tiān 整天 zhěng tiān all day long 指一整天，与“早晚”表示的早晨和晚上相对。: all day long

Related words

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• 朝夕 zhāo xī 朝夕 zhāo xī morning and night 比喻极短的时间，如“朝夕相处”。: morning and night
• 终于 zhōng yú 终于 zhōng yú at last 表示经过一段时间最后发生，与“早晚”的将来义相关。: at last

Synonyms

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• 迟早 chí zǎo 迟早 chí zǎo sooner or later 用于表示某件事在未来一定会发生，强调必然性。: sooner or later

Usage notes

Common mistakes

学习者常将“早晚”与“早上”混淆，“早晚”指早上和晚上或将来，不单指早上。

Formality

“早晚”作为“迟早”解时常用于口语，在正式场合建议使用“迟早”。

Grammar

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HSK 2.0 Level 5+ HSK 3.0 Level 5+ 7 min

Time Adverbs 始终, 渐渐, 即将, 尽快 and 早晚

Describe something that stays the same all along with 始终, a slow change with 渐渐, and what is coming with 即将, 尽快 and 早晚.

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Example Sentences

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他 早晚 会明白的。

He will understand sooner or later.

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Words Containing 早晚

• 多早晚 多早晚 duō zǎo wǎn: when?
• 丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆 丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆 chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó: lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)

Child Words of 早晚

• 早 早 zǎo: early
• 晚 晚 wǎn: evening