| 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 | 早年 | 早年 | zǎo nián | zao3 nian2 | early years; adolescence | | |
| 10 | 早饭 | 早飯 | zǎo fàn | zao3 fan4 | breakfast; Classifiers: 份 | | |
| 11 | 早晚 | 早晚 | zǎo wǎn | zao3 wan3 | morning and evening; sooner or later | | |
| 12 | 早点 | 早點 | zǎo diǎn | zao3 dian3 | breakfast | | |
| 13 | 早教 | 早教 | zǎo jiào | zao3 jiao4 | early education (abbr. for 早期教育 ) | | |
| 14 | 早老性痴呆 | 早老性痴呆 | zǎo lǎo xìng chī dāi | zao3 lao3 xing4 chi1 dai1 | (coll.) Alzheimer's disease | | |
| 15 | 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 | | |
| 16 | 早八辈子 | 早八輩子 | zǎo bā bèi zi | zao3 ba1 bei4 zi5 | long time ago; for a long time (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 早安 | 早安 | zǎo ān | zao3 an1 | Good morning! | | |
| 18 | 早动手,早收获 | 早動手,早收穫 | zǎo dòng shǒu , zǎo shōu huò | zao3 dong4 shou3 , zao3 shou1 huo4 | The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 早稻 | 早稻 | zǎo dào | zao3 dao4 | early season rice; rice at transplanting or still unripe | | |
| 20 | 早班儿 | 早班兒 | zǎo bān r | zao3 ban1 r5 | erhua variant of 早班 | | |
| 21 | 早报 | 早報 | zǎo bào | zao3 bao4 | morning newspaper | | |
| 22 | 早场 | 早場 | zǎo chǎng | zao3 chang3 | morning show (at theater); matinee | | |
| 23 | 早产 | 早產 | zǎo chǎn | zao3 chan3 | premature birth; premature labor | | |
| 24 | 早茶 | 早茶 | zǎo chá | zao3 cha2 | morning tea | | |
| 25 | 早知今日何必当初 | 早知今日何必當初 | zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū | zao3 zhi1 jin1 ri4 he2 bi4 dang1 chu1 | if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom); to regret vainly one's past behavior | | |