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早知 meaning in English

zǎozhī

to know in advance

14 strokes

Meaning of 早知

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zǎozhī
  1. to know in advance

早知 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

如rú果guǒ我wǒ早zǎo知zhī道dào你nǐ在zài这zhè儿ér的de话huà，我wǒ马mǎ上shàng就jiù来lái了le。
If I had known that you were here, I would have come at once.
早zǎo知zhī道dào我wǒ不bù应yīng该gāi打dǎ电diàn话huà给gěi他tā。
I should have known better than to call him.
如rú果guǒ我wǒ早zǎo知zhī道dào，我wǒ不bú会huì跟gēn她tā说shuō这zhè种zhǒng话huà。
Had I known that, I wouldn't have said such a thing to her.
早zǎo知zhī如rú此cǐ，就jiù不bù应yīng该gāi借jiè钱qián给gěi他tā。
You should have known better than to lend him money.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

早 zǎo · early · 6 strokes

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知 zhī · to know · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 早知.

知道zhīdàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
早上zǎoshangearly morning
知识zhīshiknowledge; intellectual
早饭zǎofànbreakfast
早就zǎo jiùalready at an earlier time
通知tōngzhīto notify; to inform
早餐zǎocānbreakfast
早晨zǎochenearly morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
早已zǎoyǐfor a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past
通知书tōngzhīshūwritten notice
早期zǎoqīearly period; early phase; early stage
早晚zǎowǎnmorning and evening; (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of

Questions about 早知

What does 早知 mean?

早知 (zǎozhī) means "to know in advance".

How do you write 早知?

早知 is made of 2 characters: 早 (6 strokes), 知 (8 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.