遲早

See also: 迟早

Chinese

		late; delayed; slow	early; morning
trad. (遲早)		遲	早
simp. (迟早)		迟	早

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chízǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄔˊ ㄗㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chíhzǎo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻih²-tsao³
  - Yale: chŕ-dzǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyrtzao
  - Palladius: чицзао (čiczao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ci⁴ zou²
  - Yale: chìh jóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ dzou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ zou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡sou̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    詞組 / 词组
    辭藻 / 辞藻
    遲早 / 迟早
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ci² zau³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩²⁴ t͡sau²¹³/

遲早

sooner or later; in time
所有人遲早都會死 [Cantonese, trad.]
所有人迟早都会死 [Cantonese, simp.]
so² jau⁵ jan⁴ ci⁴ zou² dou¹ wui⁵ sei² [Jyutping]
everyone will die sooner or later

Dialectal synonyms of 早晚 (“sooner or later”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		早晚, 遲早
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	早晚, 遲早
Northeastern Mandarin	Singapore	遲早
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	早晚
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	早兒晚兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	早晚, 遲早
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	遲早
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	遲早
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	早晚
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	早晏
	Guiyang	早晏
	Liuzhou	遲早
Cantonese	Guangzhou	遲早
Cantonese	Hong Kong	遲早
Gan	Nanchang	早晚, 遲早
Gan	Pingxiang	遲早
Hakka	Meixian	遲早
	Yudu	遲早
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	早暗, 早慢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	早暗, 早慢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	早暗, 早慢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	早暗, 早慢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	早暗, 早慢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	早慢
Huizhou	Jixi	早晏, 遲早
Northern Min	Jian'ou	早晏
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	遲早
Southern Min	Xiamen	早晏
	Quanzhou	早晏
	Zhangzhou	早晏, 早慢, 緊縒緩
	Tainan	早慢, 緊縒慢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	早晏
	Manila (Hokkien)	早晏
	Shantou	遲早
	Jieyang	先慢
	Puning	先慢
Wu	Shanghai	早晏, 早晏點
	Shanghai (Chongming)	早晏
	Danyang	早晚, 早啊晚, 早點晚點
	Hangzhou	遲早
	Ningbo	早晏, 遲早點