𠢕早
Chinese
Chinese phrasebook
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| capable; good at | early; morning | ||
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| simp. and trad. (𠢕早) |
𠢕 | 早 | |
| alternative forms | 賢早/贤早 敖早 | ||
| Literally: “good at being early”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâu-chá
- Tâi-lô: gâu-tsá
- Phofsit Daibuun: gauzar
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡau²³⁻³³ t͡sa⁴¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡau²⁴⁻²² t͡sa⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡau¹³⁻²² t͡sa⁵³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɡau²⁴⁻²² t͡sa⁵³/
- IPA (Kinmen): /ɡau²⁴⁻¹² t͡sa⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɡau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sa⁵³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ghao5 za2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gâu tsá
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɡau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sa⁵²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
Interjection
𠢕早
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 早安 (“good morning”) [map]
Adverb
𠢕早
- (Southern Min) so early
Further reading
- “𠢕早”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.