早朝

Chinese

		early; morning	morning; to face; towards morning; to face; towards; facing; direct; a dynasty; the imperial court; Korea, esp. N. Korea (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (早朝)		早	朝
anagram		朝早

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎozhāo, zǎocháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄓㄠ, ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² ziu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎozhāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄓㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎojhao
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-chao¹
    • Yale: dzǎu-jāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaojau
    • Palladius: цзаочжао (czaočžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎocháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎocháo
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-chʻao²
    • Yale: dzǎu-cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaochaur
    • Palladius: цзаочао (czaočao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² ziu¹
    • Yale: jóu jīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² dziu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² jiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

早朝

1. (literary) morning

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎocháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² ciu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎocháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎocháo
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-chʻao²
    • Yale: dzǎu-cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaochaur
    • Palladius: цзаочао (czaočao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² ciu⁴
    • Yale: jóu chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/

Noun

早朝

1. (archaic) morning court (when the emperor meets with his subjects)

   • 春宵苦短日高起，從此君王不早朝。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     春宵苦短日高起，从此君王不早朝。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 806 CE, Bai Juyi, Song of Everlasting Regret

     Chūn xiāo kǔ duǎn rì gāo qǐ, cóngcǐ jūnwáng bù zǎocháo. [Pinyin]

     They lamented that the spring nights were all too short, and did not rise until long after the sun had come out; From this point on, His Majesty did not attend the morning court.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
早	朝
そう Grade: 1	ちょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーちょー [sòóchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

早(そう)朝(ちょう) • (sōchō) ^{←さうてう (sauteu)?}

1. early morning

   私(わたし)は早朝(そうちょう)に家(いえ)をでた

   watashi wa sōchō ni ie o deta

   I left home in the early morning.

Synonyms

• 朝(あさ)方(がた) (asagata)

Korean

Hanja in this term
早	朝

Noun

早朝 • (jojo) (hangeul 조조)

1. Hanja form^? of 조조.