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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǎojiù

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² zau⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chó-chhiu

(Hailu, HRS): zo^ˊ ciu^˖

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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó-chhiu
  - Hakka Romanization System: zo^ˋ qiu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zo³ qiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹ t͡sʰi̯u⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zo^ˊ ciu^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡so²⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰiu³³/

Adverb

早就

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)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 早就 – see 早著 (“for a long time; a long time ago; long ago; long since”). (This term is a variant form of 早著).