早安

Chinese

		early; morning	content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how
trad. (早安)		早	安
simp. ^#(早安)		早	安

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǎo'ān

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² on¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chó-ôn

(Hailu, HRS): zo^ˊ on^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): zau³ on¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chá-an / chó-an

(Teochew, Peng'im): za² uan¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsau-oe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǎo'ān
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǎo-an
  - Wade–Giles: tsao³-an¹
  - Yale: dzǎu-ān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaoan
  - Palladius: цзаоань (czaoanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² on¹
  - Yale: jóu ōn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² on¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou² on¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ ɔːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó-ôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zo^ˋ on^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zo³ on¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹ on²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zo^ˊ on^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡so²⁴⁻³³ on⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zau³ on¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sau³¹ ɔn⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chá-an
  - Tâi-lô: tsá-an
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zafafn
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ an³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó-an
  - Tâi-lô: tsó-an
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoyafn
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡so⁵³⁻⁴⁴ an⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: za² uan¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsá uaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa⁵²⁻³⁵ ũã³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tsau-oe
  - MiniDict: tsau^去 oe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsau-oe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɔ³³ ø⁴⁴/

Interjection

早安

good morning

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 早安 (“good morning”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		早安, 早上好
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	早安, 早
	Malaysia	早安
	Singapore	早安, 早
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	早晨
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	早晨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	早晨
	Hong Kong	早晨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	早晨
	Macau	早晨
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	早晨
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	早晨
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	早晨
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	早晨
	Foshan	早晨
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	早晨
	Foshan (Shunde)	早晨
	Foshan (Sanshui)	早晨
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	早晨
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	早晨
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	早晨
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	早晨
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	早晨
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	早晨
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	早晨
	Taishan	早晨
	Kaiping (Chikan)	早晨
	Enping (Niujiang)	早晨
	Heshan (Yayao)	早晨
	Dongguan	早晨
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	早晨
	Nanning	早晨
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	早晨
	Penang (Guangfu)	早晨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	早晨
Hakka	Meixian	恁早
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	早晨
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	早晨
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	早晨
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	早晨
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁早, 恁會早, 恁早萋
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	恁早
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	恁早, 恁會早, 恁早萋
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	恁早, 恁早萋
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	恁早, 恁早萋
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	𠢕早, 堅早
	Sabah (Bao'an)	早晨
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	早頭好
	Matsu	早安
	Singapore (Fuqing)	早頭好
Southern Min	Xiamen	𠢕早
	Quanzhou	𠢕早
	Zhangzhou	𠢕早
	Taipei	𠢕早
	Singapore (Hokkien)	𠢕早
	Manila (Hokkien)	好早起
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	早安
	Shantou	早安
	Singapore (Teochew)	𠢕早
	Wenchang	早上好
Puxian Min	Putian	起早好
Puxian Min	Xianyou	起早好
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	早晨
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	早晨
Wu	Shanghai	儂早, 早, 早浪好, 谷貓迎
	Suzhou	早浪好
	Wuxi	早
	Ningbo	天亮好
Xiang	Quanzhou	早安