| 早 | [ zaǒ ] early, morning, Good morning!, long ago, prematurely |
| 早上 | [ zaǒ shang ] early morning, CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 早上好 | [ zaǒ shang haǒ ] Good morning! |
| 早些 | [ zaǒ xiē ] a bit earlier |
| 早亡 | [ zaǒ wáng ] premature death |
| 早來 | [ zaǒ laí ] to come early, already, early |
| 早先 | [ zaǒ xiān ] previously, before |
| 早出晚歸 | [ zaǒ chū wǎn guī ] to leave early and return late (idiom) |
| 早前 | [ zaǒ qián ] previously |
| 早勃 | [ zaǒ bó ] morning erection |
| 早動手，早收穫 | [ zaǒ dòng shoǔ zaǒ shoū huò ] The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom) |
| 早在 | [ zaǒ zaì ] as early as |
| 早報 | [ zaǒ baò ] morning newspaper |
| 早場 | [ zaǒ chǎng ] morning show (at theater), matinee |
| 早夭 | [ zaǒ yaō ] to die young, Taiwan pr. [zao3 yao3] |
| 早婚 | [ zaǒ hūn ] to marry too early |
| 早安 | [ zaǒ ān ] Good morning! |
| 早就 | [ zaǒ jiù ] already at an earlier time |
| 早已 | [ zaǒ yǐ ] long ago, for a long time |
| 早市 | [ zaǒ shì ] morning market |
| 早年 | [ zaǒ nián ] early years, adolescence |
| 早戀 | [ zaǒ liàn ] to be in love when one is too young, puppy love |
| 早搏 | [ zaǒ bó ] (medicine) premature beat, extrasystole |
| 早播 | [ zaǒ bō ] to plant early, to sow seeds in early spring, early sowing |
| 早操 | [ zaǒ caō ] morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries) |
| 早教 | [ zaǒ ] early education (abbr. for 早期教育[zao3 qi1 jiao4 yu4]) |
| 早日 | [ zaǒ rì ] soon, shortly, on a day quite soon, promptly |
| 早日康復 | [ zaǒ rì kāng fù ] Get well soon!, to recover health quickly |
| 早早兒 | [ zaǒ zaǒ ] as soon as possible, as early as one can |
| 早早班 | [ zaǒ zaǒ bān ] preschool group for kids aged three or less, (Tw) work shift starting around daybreak |
| 早春 | [ zaǒ chūn ] early spring |
| 早晚 | [ zaǒ wǎn ] morning and evening, sooner or later |
| 早晨 | [ zaǒ chén ] early morning, CL:個|个[ge4], also pr. [zao3 chen5] |
| 早期 | [ zaǒ qī ] early period, early phase, early stage |
| 早期效應 | [ zaǒ qī yìng ] early effect |
| 早歲 | [ zaǒ suì ] early years, adolescence |
| 早死 | [ zaǒ sǐ ] early demise, untimely death |
| 早死早超生 | [ zaǒ sǐ zaǒ chaō shēng ] to end one's suffering by dying quickly and being reincarnated, (fig.) to get it over with |
| 早洩 | [ zaǒ xiè ] premature ejaculation |
| 早熟 | [ zaǒ shú ] precocious, early-maturing |
| 早班 | [ zaǒ bān ] early shift, morning work shift |
| 早班兒 | [ zaǒ bān ] erhua variant of 早班[zao3 ban1] |
| 早生貴子 | [ zaǒ shēng guì zǐ ] give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to the newly-weds) |
| 早產 | [ zaǒ chǎn ] premature birth, premature labor |
| 早睡早起 | [ zaǒ shuì zaǒ qǐ ] early to bed, early to rise, to keep early hours |
| 早知 | [ zaǒ zhī ] foresight, foreknowledge, if one had known earlier,... |
| 早知今日何必當初 | [ zaǒ zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū ] if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom), to regret vainly one's past behavior |
| 早知道 | [ zaǒ zhī dao ] If I had known earlier... |
| 早秋 | [ zaǒ qiū ] early autumn |
| 早稻 | [ zaǒ daò ] early season rice, rice at transplanting or still unripe |
| 早稻田大學 | [ zaǒ daò tián dà xué ] Waseda University (private university in Tokyo) |
| 早老性痴呆 | [ zaǒ laǒ xìng chī daī ] (coll.) Alzheimer's disease |
| 早老素 | [ zaǒ laǒ sù ] presenilins |
| 早茶 | [ zaǒ chá ] morning tea |
| 早衰 | [ zaǒ ] to age prematurely, premature senescence |
| 早課 | [ zaǒ kè ] matins, morning service (in the Catholic Church), morning chorus (of birds) |
| 早起 | [ zaǒ qǐ ] to get up early |
| 早車 | [ zaǒ chē ] morning bus, early train |
| 早退 | [ zaǒ tuì ] to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time), to retire early (from one's job) |
| 早逝 | [ zaǒ shì ] early demise, untimely death |
| 早霜 | [ zaǒ shuāng ] early frost |
| 早飯 | [ zaǒ fàn ] breakfast, CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1] |
| 早餐 | [ zaǒ cān ] breakfast, CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4] |
| 早點 | [ zaǒ diǎn ] breakfast |
| ⇒ 一大早 | [ yī dà zaǒ ] at dawn, at first light, first thing in the morning |
| ⇒ 一大早兒 | [ yī dà zaǒ ] erhua variant of 一大早[yi1 da4 zao3] |
| ⇒ 一早 | [ yī zaǒ ] early in the morning, at dawn |
| ⇒ 一清早 | [ yī qīng zaǒ ] early in the morning |
| ⇒ 一黑早 | [ yī heī zaǒ ] at dawn, early in the morning |
| ⇒ 來得早不如來得巧 | [ laí de zaǒ bù rú laí de ] arriving early can't beat coming at the right time, perfect timing |
| ⇒ 儘早 | [ jǐn zaǒ ] as early as possible |
| ⇒ 出來混遲早要還的 | [ chū laí hùn chí zaǒ yaò huán de ] if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it |
| ⇒ 南華早報 | [ nán huá zaǒ baò ] South China Morning Post (newspaper in Hong Kong) |
| ⇒ 即早 | [ jí zaǒ ] as soon as possible |
| ⇒ 及早 | [ jí zaǒ ] at the earliest possible time, as soon as possible |
| ⇒ 古早 | [ gǔ zaǒ ] (Tw) old times, former times |
| ⇒ 古早味 | [ gǔ zaǒ weì ] (Tw) traditional style, old-fashioned feel, flavor of yesteryear |
| ⇒ 叫早 | [ zaǒ ] to give sb a wake-up call (at a hotel) |
| ⇒ 多早晚 | [ duō zaǒ wǎn ] when? |
| ⇒ 大清早 | [ dà qīng zaǒ ] early in the morning |
| ⇒ 從早到晚 | [ cóng zaǒ daò wǎn ] from morning till night, from dawn to dusk, all day long |
| ⇒ 打早 | [ dǎ zaǒ ] earlier, long ago, as soon as possible |
| ⇒ 提早 | [ tí zaǒ ] ahead of schedule, sooner than planned, to bring forward (to an earlier time) |
| ⇒ 早動手，早收穫 | [ zaǒ dòng shoǔ zaǒ shoū huò ] The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom) |
| ⇒ 早早兒 | [ zaǒ zaǒ ] as soon as possible, as early as one can |
| ⇒ 早早班 | [ zaǒ zaǒ bān ] preschool group for kids aged three or less, (Tw) work shift starting around daybreak |
| ⇒ 早死早超生 | [ zaǒ sǐ zaǒ chaō shēng ] to end one's suffering by dying quickly and being reincarnated, (fig.) to get it over with |
| ⇒ 早睡早起 | [ zaǒ shuì zaǒ qǐ ] early to bed, early to rise, to keep early hours |
| ⇒ 明早 | [ míng zaǒ ] tomorrow morning, tomorrow |
| ⇒ 清早 | [ qīng zaǒ ] first thing in the morning, at daybreak |
| ⇒ 為時過早 | [ weí shí guò zaǒ ] premature, too soon |
| ⇒ 稍早 | [ shaō zaǒ ] a little early |
| ⇒ 稍早時 | [ shaō zaǒ shí ] a little earlier |
| ⇒ 老早 | [ laǒ zaǒ ] a long time ago |
| ⇒ 英年早逝 | [ yīng nián zaǒ shì ] to die an untimely death (idiom), to be cut off in one's prime |
| ⇒ 起早摸黑 | [ qǐ zaǒ mō heī ] see 起早貪黑|起早贪黑[qi3 zao3 tan1 hei1] |
| ⇒ 起早貪黑 | [ qǐ zaǒ tān heī ] to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late |
| ⇒ 趁早 | [ chèn zaǒ ] as soon as possible, at the first opportunity, the sooner the better, before it's too late |
| ⇒ 趁早兒 | [ chèn zaǒ ] erhua variant of 趁早[chen4 zao3] |
| ⇒ 趕早 | [ gǎn zaǒ ] as soon as possible, at the first opportunity, the sooner the better, before it's too late |
| ⇒ 這早晚兒 | [ zhè zaǒ wǎn ] now, at this time, this late |
| ⇒ 過早 | [ guò zaǒ ] premature, untimely |
| ⇒ 過早起爆 | [ guò zaǒ qǐ baò ] preinitiation |
| ⇒ 遲早 | [ chí zaǒ ] sooner or later |
| ⇒ 醜媳婦早晚也得見公婆 | [ choǔ xí fù zaǒ wǎn yě deǐ jiàn gōng pó ] lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom), fig. it's not something you can avoid forever |
