Learning how to say "good morning" in Chinese isn't hard: "zao3". If you associate "zao3" with Zorro in the Taos Pueblo, you'll never forget that Zorro resembles "z-" and that the Taos Pueblo resembles "-ao".
早 |
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早
= 十 + 日 |
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早
= 十 + 日 |
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z |
Zorro add a painting | |
ao3 |
In the Taos Pueblo add a painting | |
早
zao3
上
shang5 | early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] (HSK level 2) | |
及
ji2
早
zao3 | at the earliest possible time / as soon as possible (HSK level 6) | |
尽
jin3
早
zao3 | as early as possible | |
早
zao3
逝
shi4 | early demise / untimely death | |
过
guo4
早
zao3 | premature / untimely / over-hasty (conclusion) | |
早
zao3
先
xian1 | previously / before | |
赶
gan3
早
zao3 | as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late | |
迟
chi2
早
zao3 | sooner or later | |
早
zao3
安
an1 | Good morning! | |
早
zao3
点
dian3 | light breakfast | |
为
wei2
时
shi2
过
guo4
早
zao3 | premature / too soon | |
早
zao3
操
cao1 | morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries) | |
早
zao3
茶
cha2 | morning tea | |
早
zao3
饭
fan4 | breakfast / CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1] | |
早
zao3
班
ban1 | early shift / morning work shift | |
早
zao3
熟
shu2 | precocious / early-maturing | |
大
da4
清
qing1
早
zao3 | early in the morning | |
一
yi1
清
qing1
早
zao3 | early in the morning | |
趁
chen4
早
zao3 | as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late | |
一
yi1
早
zao3 | early in the morning / at dawn | |
早
zao3
婚
hun1 | to marry too early | |
早
zao3
出
chu1
晚
wan3
归
gui1 | to leave early and return late (idiom) | |
起
qi3
早
zao3
贪
tan1
黑
hei1 | to rise early and sleep late | |
早
zao3
年
nian2 | early years / adolescence | |
老
lao3
早
zao3 | a long time ago | |
早
zao3
产
chan3 | premature birth / premature labor | |
早
zao3
期
qi1 | early period / early phase / early stage | |
英
ying1
年
nian2
早
zao3
逝
shi4 | to die an untimely death (idiom) / to be cut off in one's prime | |
清
qing1
早
zao3 | first thing in the morning / at daybreak | |
早
zao3
已
yi3 | long ago / for a long time | |
早
zao3
报
bao4 | morning newspaper | |
早
zao3
退
tui4 | early retirement / to leave a meeting too early | |
早
zao3
市
shi4 | morning market | |
早
zao3
晚
wan3 | morning and evening / sooner or later | |
提
ti2
早
zao3 | ahead of schedule / sooner than planned / to bring forward (to an earlier time) | |
早
zao3
泄
xie4 | premature ejaculation | |
一
yi1
大
da4
早
zao3 | at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning | |
早
zao3
起
qi3 | to get up early | |
早
zao3
就
jiu4 | already at an earlier time | |
早
zao3
衰
shuai1 | to age prematurely / premature senescence |