𠢕早

Chinese

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		capable; good at	early; morning
simp. and trad. (𠢕早)		𠢕	早
alternative forms		賢早／贤早 敖早
Literally: “good at being early”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gâu-chá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ghao⁵ za²

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâu-chá
    • Tâi-lô: gâu-tsá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gauzar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡau²³⁻³³ t͡sa⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡau²⁴⁻²² t͡sa⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡau¹³⁻²² t͡sa⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡau²⁴⁻²² t͡sa⁵³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /ɡau²⁴⁻¹² t͡sa⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sa⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ghao⁵ za²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gâu tsá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sa⁵²/

Interjection

𠢕早

1. (Southern Min, Zhao'an Hakka) 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
	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
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

Adverb

𠢕早

1. (Southern Min) so early

Further reading

• “𠢕早”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.