I was awake early today.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
早就
already at an earlier time
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
already at an earlier time
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 早就 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 早就 appears in 39 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I had a feeling this might happen.
This word has been in my notebook for a long time.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 早就.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 早就.
Directly before
- 很早就14
- 我早就7
- 他早就5
- 他们早就2
- 一早就2
Directly after
- 早就起床5
- 早就已经3
- 早就离开2
- 早就到2
- 早就有2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 早就
What does 早就 mean in Chinese?
早就 (zǎojiù) means already at an earlier time.
How do you pronounce 早就?
早就 is pronounced zǎojiù.
Is 早就 an HSK word?
早就 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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