早 zou² {zǎo}

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

早更 zou² gaang¹ {zǎo gèng}

the early shift; morning shift

早響〔-响〕 zou² hoeng² {zǎo xiǎng}

you should have mentioned or voiced out earlier

早日 zou² jat⁶ {zǎorì}

(adverb) As soon as

早排 zou² paai⁴ {zǎo pái}

earlier; a while ago

早上 zou² soeng⁶ {zǎoshang}

(noun) Morning

早唞 zou² tau² {zǎo dǒu}

(phrase) "good night!"; to tell someone piss off as they have annoyed you very much.

早夭 {zǎoyǎo}

1. to die young
2. Taiwan pr. [zao3 yao3]

早班 zou² baan¹ {zǎo bān}

1. early shift
2. morning work shift

早播 zou² bo³ {zǎo bō}

1. to plant early
2. to sow seeds in early spring
3. early sowing

早搏 zou² bok³ {zǎo bó}

1. (medicine) premature beat
2. extrasystole

早報〔-报〕 zou² bou³ {zǎo bào}

morning newspaper

早勃 zou² but⁶ {zǎo bó}

morning erection

早茶 zou² caa⁴ {zǎo chá}

morning tea

早餐 zou² caan¹ {zǎo cān}

1. breakfast
2. CL: 份,頓,次

早產〔-产〕 zou² caan² {zǎo chǎn}

1. premature birth
2. premature labor

早秋 zou² cau¹ {zǎo qiū}

early autumn

早車〔-车〕 zou² ce¹ {zǎo chē}

1. morning bus
2. early train

早春 zou² ceon¹ {zǎo chūn}

early spring

早前 zou² cin⁴ {zǎo qián}

previously

早場〔-场〕 zou² coeng⁴ {zǎo chǎng}

1. morning show (at theater)
2. matinee

早操 zou² cou¹ {zǎo cāo}

morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries)

早點〔-点〕 zou² dim² {zǎo diǎn}

light breakfast

早稻 zou² dou⁶ {zǎo dào}

1. early season rice
2. rice at transplanting or still unripe

早飯〔-饭〕 zou² faan⁶ {zǎo fàn}

1. breakfast
2. CL: 份,頓,次,餐

早婚 zou² fan¹ {zǎo hūn}

to marry too early

早課〔-课〕 zou² fo³ {zǎo kè}

1. matins
2. morning service (in Catholic church)
3. morning chorus (of birds)

早起 zou² hei² {zǎo qǐ}

to get up early

早日 zou² jat⁶ {zǎo rì}

1. soon
2. shortly
3. on a day quite soon
4. promptly

早已 zou² ji⁵ {zǎo yǐ}

1. long ago
2. for a long time

早夭 zou² jiu² {zǎo yāo}

1. to die young
2. Taiwan pr. [zao3 yao3]

早期 zou² kei⁴ {zǎo qī}

1. early period
2. early phase
3. early stage

早來〔-来〕 zou² loi⁴ {zǎo lái}

1. to come early
2. already
3. early

早戀〔-恋〕 zou² lyun² {zǎo liàn}

puppy love

早晚 zou² maan⁵ {zǎo wǎn}

1. morning and evening
2. sooner or later

早亡 zou² mong⁴ {zǎo wáng}

premature death

早年 zou² nin⁴ {zǎo nián}

1. early years
2. adolescence

早安 zou² on¹ {zǎo ān}

Good morning!

早逝 zou² sai⁶ {zǎo shì}

1. early demise
2. untimely death

早晨 zou² san⁴ {zǎo chén}

1. early morning
2. CL: 個

早些 zou² se¹ {zǎo xiē}

a bit earlier

早死 zou² sei² {zǎo sǐ}

1. early demise
2. untimely death

早衰 zou² seoi¹ {zǎo shuāi}

1. to age prematurely
2. premature senescence

早歲〔-岁〕 zou² seoi³ {zǎo suì}

1. early years
2. adolescence

早市 zou² si⁵ {zǎo shì}

morning market

早先 zou² sin¹ {zǎo xiān}

1. previously
2. before

早洩〔-泄〕 zou² sit³ {zǎo xiè}

premature ejaculation

早霜 zou² soeng¹ {zǎo shuāng}

early frost

早上 zou² soeng⁶ {zǎo shang}

1. early morning
2. CL: 個

早熟 zou² suk⁶ {zǎo shú}

1. precocious
2. early-maturing

早退 zou² teoi³ {zǎo tuì}

1. early retirement
2. to leave a meeting too early

早就 zou² zau⁶ {zǎo jiù}

already at an earlier time

早知 zou² zi¹ {zǎo zhī}

1. foresight
2. foreknowledge
3. if one had known earlier,...

早在 zou² zoi⁶ {zǎo zài}

as early as

早一排 zou² jat¹ paai⁴ {zǎo yì pái}

noun; recently, not long ago

早老素 zou² lou⁵ sou³ {zǎo lǎo sù}

presenilins

早上好 zou² soeng⁶ hou² {zǎo shang hǎo}

Good morning!

早知道 zou² zi¹ dou⁶ {zǎo zhī dao}

If I had known earlier...

早早兒〔--儿〕 zou² zou² ji⁴ {zǎo zǎo r}

1. as soon as possible
2. as early as one can

早走早著〔---着〕 zou² zau² zou² zoek⁶ {zǎo zǒu zǎo zhe}

to hurry someone to leave, similar to saying 'go go go'; best to retreat / get away / escape early to avoid being dragged down by something not beneficial

早出晚歸〔---归〕 zou² ceot¹ maan⁵ gwai¹ {zǎo chū wǎn guī}

to leave early and return late (idiom)

早日康復〔---复〕 zou² jat⁶ hong¹ fuk⁶ {zǎo rì kāng fù}

1. Get well soon!
2. to recover health quickly

早期效應〔---应〕 zou² kei⁴ haau⁶ jing³ {zǎo qī xiào yìng}

early effect

早生貴子〔--贵-〕 zou² saang¹ gwai³ zi² {zǎo shēng guì zǐ}

give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to the newly-weds)

早睡早起 zou² seoi⁶ zou² hei² {zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ}

1. early to bed, early to rise
2. to keep early hours

早稻田大學〔----学〕 zou² dou⁶ tin⁴ daai⁶ hok⁶ {Zǎo dào tián Dà xué}

Waseda University (private university in Tokyo)

早動手，早收穫〔-动----获〕 zou² dung⁶ sau² ，zou² sau¹ wok⁶ {zǎo dòng shǒu , zǎo shōu huò}

The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom)

早知今日何必當初〔------当-〕 zou² zi¹ gam¹ jat⁶ ho⁴ bit¹ dong¹ co¹ {zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū}

1. if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
2. to regret vainly one's past behavior