早就

Chinese

		early; morning	at once; then; right away at once; then; right away; only; (emphasis); to approach; to move towards; to undertake
simp. and trad. (早就)		早	就

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎojiù

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² zau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chá-tiō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎojiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎojiòu
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-chiu⁴
    • Yale: dzǎu-jyòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaojiow
    • Palladius: цзаоцзю (czaoczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² zau⁶
    • Yale: jóu jauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² dzau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² zeo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡sɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chá-tiō
    • Tâi-lô: tsá-tiō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zafdioi
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tio³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tiɤ³³/

Adverb

早就

1. long since; long ago; already at an earlier time; for a long time; early on

Synonyms

• 一早 (jat1 zou2) (Cantonese)
• 久已 (jiǔyǐ)
• 已久 (yǐjiǔ)
• 早已 (zǎoyǐ)
• 早著／早着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 晨早 (san⁴ zou²) (Cantonese)