起早頭

Chinese

		to wake up early; early morning	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (起早頭)		起早	頭
simp. (起早头)		起早	头
anagram		早起頭／早起头

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): kī-*cā-tàu
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ki³ zor³ tao²

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kī-*cā-tàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi³³⁻²¹ t͡sa³³⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)lau⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ki³ zor³ tao² [Phonetic: ki⁵ or² lao²]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kî-cô̤-táu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁴⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ɒ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(tʰ-)lau¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ki³ zor³ tao² [Phonetic: ki⁵ lor¹ lao²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi³³²⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)lɒ³³²⁻⁵⁵ ^(tʰ-)lau¹³/

Noun

起早頭

1. (Eastern Min, Puxian Min) early morning

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 早晨 (“early morning”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		晨, 朝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		早晨, 清早, 清晨
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	早晨, 早起
	Singapore	早晨
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	早上, 早晨
	Jinan	早晨, 早晨起來
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai	傍亮
	Yantai (Muping)	傍亮
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	趕早, 早起
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	早晨, 清早
	Wuhan	早晨
	Liuzhou	早晨頭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	早上, 早晨
	Hefei	早上
Cantonese	Guangzhou	朝頭早, 朝早
	Hong Kong	朝頭早, 朝早
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	一早
	Macau	朝早
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	朝頭早
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	朝頭早
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	早朝早
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	朝頭朝早
	Foshan	朝頭早
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	朝頭早
	Foshan (Shunde)	朝頭早
	Foshan (Sanshui)	朝頭早
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	侵早
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	晨早
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	朝頭早
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	朝頭, 朝早
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	朝早
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	朝早
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	朝早
	Taishan	朝頭早, 早朝, 朝早
	Kaiping (Chikan)	朝頭早
	Enping (Niujiang)	一皓
	Heshan (Yayao)	朝早
	Dongguan	朝頭早
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	朝早
	Yangjiang	朝頭早, 朝早
	Hepu (Shatian)	早朝, 早晨
	Beihai	朝間早
	Beihai (Nankang)	朝間早
	Beihai (Yingpan)	早朝頭
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	朝頭早, 朝間早
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	朝早
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	朝早頭
	Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua)	天光早
	Singapore (Guangfu)	晨早
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	朝頭早
	Móng Cái	朝早
Gan	Nanchang	清早, 早上
Hakka	Meixian	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Dabu (Gaobei)	朝晨早
	Fengshun (Tangkeng)	朝晨頭
	Fengshun (Fengliang)	朝晨早
	Fengshun (Pantian)	朝晨
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	早晨
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	朝晨頭
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	朝晨頭
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	朝晨早
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	早上
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	朝晨, 朝晨頭
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	晨早, 晨早頭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	晨早, 晨早時務
	Sabah (Bao'an)	早晨
Jin	Taiyuan	早晨, 打早, 打早起, 早起, 清早
Northern Min	Jian'ou	早頭
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	早頭, 早起頭, 起早, 起早頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	早起
	Quanzhou	早起
	Zhangzhou	早起
	Taipei	早起
	Manila (Hokkien)	早起
	Chaozhou	眠起早, 眠起
	Shantou	眠起早
Puxian Min	Putian	起早, 起早頭, 起早時
	Xianyou	起早, 起早頭, 起早時
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	停光, 光早
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	通光
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	朝頭
Wu	Shanghai	早浪, 早浪向, 早晨, 早晨頭, 清早晨
	Suzhou	早浪
	Ningbo	天亮, 天亮頭
	Wenzhou	天光早, 天光
Xiang	Changsha	早上, 早晨頭
	Shuangfeng	早晨家

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “起早头”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 320.