早已

Chinese

		early; morning	already; to stop; then already; to stop; then; afterwards
simp. and trad. (早已)		早	已

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎoyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² ji⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎoyǐ [Phonetic: záoyǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎoyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-i³
    • Yale: dzǎu-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaoyii
    • Palladius: цзаои (czaoi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² ji⁵
    • Yale: jóu yíh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² ji⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² yi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ jiː¹³/

Adverb

早已

1. for a long time; a long time ago; long ago; long since

   他早已把這事抛到九霄雲外去了。 [MSC, trad.]
   他早已把这事抛到九霄云外去了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā zǎoyǐ bǎ zhè shì pāo dào jiǔxiāoyúnwài qù le. [Pinyin]

   He had forgotten it completely.

Synonyms

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• 一早 (jat1 zou2) (Cantonese)
• 久已 (jiǔyǐ)
• 已久 (yǐjiǔ)
• 早就 (zǎojiù)
• 早著 / 早着 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 晨早 (san⁴ zou²) (Cantonese)