Meaning of 早上
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- early morning
Measure word: 個|个
How to use 早上
早上 is the everyday word for morning, from waking up until about 9 or 10 a.m. It often comes before the verb as a time word. Example: 我早上七点起床。(Wǒ zǎoshang qī diǎn qǐchuáng.) I get up at seven in the morning.
早 (zǎo) shows a sun 日 above a 十, like the sun just rising over the ground. Add 上 (shang), and 早上 is the time when the sun is coming up: morning.
Common mistake: Learners often say 上 with a full fourth tone, but in 早上 it is usually neutral: zǎoshang. Also, do not put the time word at the end like English. Say 我早上喝茶, not 我喝茶早上.
早上 in example sentences
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早 zǎo · early · 6 strokes
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上 shàng · up · 3 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 早上.
| 马上 | mǎshàng | at once; right away |
| 晚上 | wǎnshang | evening; night |
| 身上 | shēnshang | on the body; at hand |
| 上次 | shàng cì | last time |
| 路上 | lùshang | on the road; on the way; en route |
| 上班 | shàngbān | to go to work; to be on duty |
| 上车 | shàng chē | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 地上 | dìshang | on the ground; on the floor |
| 楼上 | lóu shàng | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread |
| 车上 | chē shang | |
| 上学 | shàngxué | to go to school; to attend school |
| 上课 | shàngkè | to go to class; to attend class |
Questions about 早上
What does 早上 mean?
早上 (zǎoshang) means "early morning" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 早上?
早上 is made of 2 characters: 早 (6 strokes), 上 (3 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 早上 an HSK word?
Yes. 早上 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do you say good morning in Chinese?
Say 早上好 (zǎoshang hǎo), or just 早 (zǎo) with friends and coworkers. Both are common greetings before about 10 a.m.
What is the difference between 早上 and 上午?
早上 is the early part of the morning, around waking up time. 上午 (shàngwǔ) covers the whole period before noon, so a 10 a.m. meeting is usually 上午, not 早上.