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早

zǎo

Novice Level 1 ★ Core word
Stative verbAdverb

早 (zǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “early”. It sits at TOCFL Level 1 (CEFR Novice) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. early
  2. morning
  3. Good morning!
  4. long ago
  5. prematurely

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Example

老師早，這是我的功課。

Good morning, teacher; this is my homework.

Related words at this level

有元月再見早安早上怎麼找

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).