一早

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	early; morning
simp. and trad. (一早)		一	早

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīzǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄗㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ zou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yit-chó
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): it-chá

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīzǎo [Phonetic: yìzǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄗㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yizǎo
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-tsao³
  - Yale: yī-dzǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itzao
  - Palladius: ицзао (iczao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīzǎor [Phonetic: yìzǎor]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄗㄠˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yizǎor
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-tsao³-ʼrh
  - Yale: yī-dzǎur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: itzaol
  - Palladius: ицзаор (iczaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡saʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jat¹ zou²
  - Yale: yāt jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-chó
  - Hakka Romanization System: id` zo`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ zo³
  - Sinological IPA: /it̚² t͡so³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yit-chó
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)id` zo`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yid⁵ zo³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)it̚² t͡so³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: it-chá
  - Tâi-lô: it-tsá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: itzar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /it̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /it̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sa⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /it̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sa⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /it̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /it̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sa⁴¹/

Noun

一早

(colloquial) early morning; (at) dawn

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 早晨 (“early morning”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		晨, 朝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		早晨, 清早, 清晨
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	早晨, 早起
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	早晨
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	早上, 早晨
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	早晨, 早晨起來
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	趕早, 早起
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	早晨, 清早
	Wuhan	早晨
	Liuzhou	早晨頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	早上, 早晨
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	早上
Cantonese	Guangzhou	朝頭早, 朝早
	Hong Kong	朝頭早, 朝早
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	一早
	Macau	朝早
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	朝頭早
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	朝頭早
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	早朝早
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	朝頭朝早
	Foshan	朝頭早
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	朝頭早
	Foshan (Shunde)	朝頭早
	Foshan (Sanshui)	朝頭早
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	侵早
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	晨早
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	朝頭早
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	朝頭, 朝早
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	朝早
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	朝早
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	朝早
	Taishan	朝頭早, 早朝, 朝早
	Kaiping (Chikan)	朝頭早
	Enping (Niujiang)	一皓
	Heshan (Yayao)	朝早
	Dongguan	朝頭早
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	朝早
	Yangjiang	朝頭早, 朝早
	Hepu (Shatian)	早朝, 早晨
	Beihai	朝間早
	Beihai (Nankang)	朝間早
	Beihai (Yingpan)	早朝頭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	朝頭早, 朝間早
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	朝早
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	朝早頭
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	天光早
	Singapore (Guangfu)	晨早
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	朝頭早
	Móng Cái	朝早
Gan	Nanchang	清早, 早上
Hakka	Meixian	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Dabu (Gaobei)	朝晨早
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	朝晨頭
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	朝晨早
	Fengshun (Pantian)	朝晨
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	早晨
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	朝晨頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	朝晨頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	朝晨早
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	早上
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	晨早, 晨早頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	晨早, 晨早時務
	Sabah (Bao'an)	早晨
Jin	Taiyuan	早晨, 打早, 打早起, 早起, 清早
Northern Min	Jian'ou	早頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	早頭, 早起頭, 起早, 起早頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	早起
	Quanzhou	早起
	Zhangzhou	早起
	Taipei	早起
	Manila (Hokkien)	早起
	Chaozhou	眠起早, 眠起
	Shantou	眠起早
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	停光, 光早
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	通光
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	朝頭
Wu	Shanghai	早浪, 早浪向, 早晨, 早晨頭, 清早晨
	Suzhou	早浪
	Ningbo	天亮, 天亮頭
	Wenzhou	天光早, 天光
Xiang	Changsha	早上, 早晨頭
Xiang	Shuangfeng	早晨家

Adverb

一早

(Cantonese) long since; long ago; already at an earlier time; for a long time; early on

Synonyms

久已 (jiǔyǐ)
已久 (yǐjiǔ)
早就 (zǎojiù)
早已 (zǎoyǐ)
早著／早着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
晨早 (san⁴ zou²) (Cantonese)