| 1 | 早 | 早 | zǎo | zao3 | early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely | | |
| 2 | 早已 | 早已 | zǎo yǐ | zao3 yi3 | long ago; for a long time | | |
| 3 | 早就 | 早就 | zǎo jiù | zao3 jiu4 | already at an earlier time | | |
| 4 | 早期 | 早期 | zǎo qī | zao3 qi1 | early period; early phase; early stage | | |
| 5 | 早晨 | 早晨 | zǎo chén | zao3 chen2 | early morning; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 6 | 早在 | 早在 | zǎo zài | zao3 zai4 | as early as | | |
| 7 | 早上 | 早上 | zǎo shang | zao3 shang5 | early morning; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 8 | 早日 | 早日 | zǎo rì | zao3 ri4 | soon; shortly; on a day quite soon; promptly | | |
| 9 | 一早 | 一早 | yī zǎo | yi1 zao3 | early in the morning; at dawn | | |
| 10 | 早年 | 早年 | zǎo nián | zao3 nian2 | early years; adolescence | | |
| 11 | 早饭 | 早飯 | zǎo fàn | zao3 fan4 | breakfast; Classifiers: 份 | | |
| 12 | 早晚 | 早晚 | zǎo wǎn | zao3 wan3 | morning and evening; sooner or later | | |
| 13 | 早点 | 早點 | zǎo diǎn | zao3 dian3 | breakfast | | |
| 14 | 过早 | 過早 | guò zǎo | guo4 zao3 | premature; untimely | | |
| 15 | 清早 | 清早 | qīng zǎo | qing1 zao3 | first thing in the morning; at daybreak | | |
| 16 | 迟早 | 遲早 | chí zǎo | chi2 zao3 | sooner or later | | |
| 17 | 早老性痴呆 | 早老性痴呆 | zǎo lǎo xìng chī dāi | zao3 lao3 xing4 chi1 dai1 | (coll.) Alzheimer's disease | | |
| 18 | 古早味 | 古早味 | gǔ zǎo wèi | gu3 zao3 wei4 | (Tw) traditional style; old-fashioned feel; flavor of yesteryear | | |
| 19 | 早教 | 早教 | zǎo jiào | zao3 jiao4 | early education (abbr. for 早期教育 ) | | |
| 20 | 早早班 | 早早班 | zǎo zǎo bān | zao3 zao3 ban1 | preschool group for kids aged three or less; (Tw) work shift starting around daybreak | | |
| 21 | 丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆 | 醜媳婦早晚也得見公婆 | chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó | chou3 xi2 fu4 zao3 wan3 ye3 dei3 jian4 gong1 po2 | lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom); fig. it's not something you can avoid forever | | |
| 22 | 多早晚 | 多早晚 | duō zǎo wǎn | duo1 zao3 wan3 | when? | | |
| 23 | 出来混迟早要还的 | 出來混遲早要還的 | chū lái hùn chí zǎo yào huán de | chu1 lai2 hun4 chi2 zao3 yao4 huan2 de5 | if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it | | |
| 24 | 老早 | 老早 | lǎo zǎo | lao3 zao3 | a long time ago | | |
| 25 | 迟出早归 | 遲出早歸 | chí chū zǎo guī | chi2 chu1 zao3 gui1 | to go out late and come back early (idiom) | | |