早知

Chinese

		early; morning	to know; to be aware
simp. and trad. (早知)		早	知

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎozhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² zi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chó-tî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎozhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎojhih
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-chih¹
    • Yale: dzǎu-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaojy
    • Palladius: цзаочжи (czaočži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² zi¹
    • Yale: jóu jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó-tî
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo^ˋ di^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zo³ di¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹ ti²⁴/

Verb

早知

1. to know earlier

Derived terms

• 早知今日，何必當初／早知今日，何必当初 (zǎozhī jīnrì, hébì dāngchū)
• 早知今日，悔不當初／早知今日，悔不当初 (zǎozhī jīnrì, huǐ bù dāngchū)
• 早知拉尿，企到天光