早夭

Chinese

		early; morning	tender; gentle; to die prematurely
simp. and trad. (早夭)		早	夭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎoyāo, zǎoyǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠ, ㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² jiu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎoyāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎoyao
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-yao¹
    • Yale: dzǎu-yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaoiau
    • Palladius: цзаояо (czaojao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎoyǎo [Phonetic: záoyǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎoyǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-yao³
    • Yale: dzǎu-yǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaoyeau
    • Palladius: цзаояо (czaojao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² jiu²
    • Yale: jóu yíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² jiu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² yiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ jiːu̯³⁵/

Verb

早夭

1. to die young

Synonyms

• 夭壽／夭寿 (yāoshòu)
• 夭壽死／夭寿死 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 夭折
• 夭逝 (literary)
• 夭閼／夭阏 (yǎo'è)
• 早死 (zǎosǐ)
• 短命 (duǎnmìng)