早

early; earlier, good morning, already; long ago, morning, early part of the day

t͡s ɑ ʊ̯ ² ¹ ⁴
adverb Common #3,455
early; earlier Used to say that something happens before the usual or expected time.
CH: 他比平常早起了。
EN: He got up earlier than usual.

为什么不早告诉我?

Why didn't you tell me sooner?

— 关于我母亲的一切 (1999)

要是我们早十分钟到的话,我们就能赶上飞机了。

If we had arrived ten minutes earlier, we would have caught the plane.

不是早来了吗

Didn't you get here early?

— 阳光灿烂的日子 (1994)

早这样多好

If only it had been like this from the start.

— Deep Sea (2023)

昨天我们早三个小时关闭餐馆。

We closed the restaurant three hours early yesterday.

我起床早。

I get up early.

你早跳了

You jumped too early.

— 泰坦尼克号 (1997)

我的母亲从不早起来。

My mother never gets up early.

今天不早一点回家为什么我要早回去

Why do I have to go home early today if I’m not going home early?

— 城市英雄 (1993)

我很累所以早睡了。

I was very tired, so I went to bed early.

早没看出他会打拳来呀在格斗擂台的代表和希望面对观众的期待

I never would’ve guessed he could box. Now, as the representative and hope of the fighting arena, he faces the audience’s expectations.

— I Am What I Am 2 (2024)

不是…糟糕是不舒服还以为能让他早走两个月

No... damn, I’m feeling unwell. I thought I could get him to leave two months early.

— 蝙蝠 (2009)

我明天必须早走。

I have to leave early tomorrow.

你丫早干嘛来着

What the hell were you doing earlier?

— 阳光灿烂的日子 (1994)

希望这一天能早一点到吧

I hope that day comes sooner.

— Dying to Survive (2018)

你该早一点来的。

You should have come earlier.

我想他早睡了

I think he went to bed early.

— 花样年华 (2000)

你早该告诉我的

You should have told me sooner.

— 巴德尔和迈因霍夫集团 (2008)

货船早到了四小时。

The cargo ship arrived four hours early.

她今天晚上早下班

She gets off work early tonight.

— 重庆森林 (1994)

汤姆请玛丽允许他早走。

Tom asked Mary to let him leave early.

你早到了

You arrived early.

— 我仍在此 (2024)

迟不给早不给昨晚有足球比赛才给

You wouldn’t give it to me earlier or later—you only gave it to me last night because there was a soccer match.

— 黑社会 (2005)

该早告诉我的

You should have told me earlier.

— 恶魔 (1955)

你为什么说我该早几个月来?

Why did you say I should have come a few months earlier?

— 穆那大哥做医生 (2003)

我今天想早睡。

I want to go to bed early tonight.

你该早一点起床。

You should have gotten up earlier.

顾太太说要看着她先生嘛早跟我说嘛,我来照顾他就行了

Mrs. Gu said she wanted to look after her husband. She should’ve told me sooner—I could’ve taken care of him.

— 花样年华 (2000)

你应该早几个月来

You should have come a few months earlier.

— 穆那大哥做医生 (2003)

你早告诉我们有这好事我们早参加了是不是

If you’d told us about this great opportunity earlier, we would’ve joined, right?

— Hi, Mom (2021)

这事儿你不早跟我说!?

Why didn't you tell me about this sooner?!

— 死亡录像 (2007)

我建议他早一点儿到波兰来。

I suggest that he come to Poland a little earlier.

我会找到他我会比警方早一步找到他

I’ll find him—I’ll get to him before the police do.

— 神秘河 (2003)

玛丽告诉汤姆她必须早回家。

Mary told Tom that she had to go home early.

你早干什么去了?

Where have you been all this time?

— 活着 (1994)

何不早跟我说?

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

— 星际旅行2:可汗怒吼 (1982)

interjection Common #4,191
good morning A casual shortened greeting for 早上好.
CH: 早,今天过得怎么样?
EN: Good morning. How’s your day going?

你早,

Good morning.

— 虎口脱险 (1966)

早啊

Good morning.

— 天空之城 (1986)

早,我的美女医生

Good morning, my beautiful doctor.

— 野蛮入侵 (2003)

雄哥,早

Morning, Brother Xiong!

— 少林足球 (2001)

尹先生你早

Good morning, Mr. Yin.

— 喜剧之王 (1999)

奶奶早

Good morning, Grandma.

— 大鱼海棠 (2016)

“萨朴塔探长,早!”

Good morning, Inspector Sapta!

— 歌剧红伶 (1981)

教官早

Good morning, instructor.

— 那些年,我们一起追的女孩 (2011)

老爷您早

Good morning, sir.

— 大红灯笼高高挂 (1991)

罗素小姐,早

Good morning, Miss Russell.

— 印度往事 (2001)

机长早

Good morning, Captain.

— The Captain (2019)

索娜姐早

Morning, Sona!

— 魔女宅急便 (1989)

早,文格尔先生

Good morning, Mr. Wengler.

— 浪潮 (2008)

房东,早!

Good morning, landlord!

— 功夫 (2004)

您早

Good morning.

— 办公室的故事 (1977)

同志早

Good morning, comrade.

— 小偷 (1997)

罗素队长,早

Good morning, Captain Russell.

— 印度往事 (2001)

师傅早!

Good morning, Master!

— 叶问 (2008)

妳早

Good morning.

— 色‧戒 (2007)

早,早…

Morning, morning…

— 叶问 (2008)

伯伯你早啊

Good morning, Uncle!

— 魔女宅急便 (1989)

各位早

Good morning, everyone.

— 天使爱美丽 (2001)

你早,昨天睡得好吗?

Good morning. Did you sleep well last night?

— 魔女宅急便 (1989)

老师早

Good morning, teacher.

— 小萝莉的猴神大叔 (2015)

早!

Good morning!

— 充气娃娃之恋 (2007)

洪爷你早

Good morning, Master Hong.

— 喜剧之王 (1999)

尤拉早啊

Good morning, Eula.

— 办公室的故事 (1977)

早,爸爸

Morning, Dad.

— 神秘河 (2003)

易先生早!

Good morning, Mr. Yi!

— 色‧戒 (2007)

大家早

Good morning, everyone.

— 野蛮入侵 (2003)

你早

Good morning.

— 英国病人 (1996)

先生你早

Good morning, sir.

— 喜剧之王 (1999)

早,叶师傅

Good morning, Master Ye.

— 叶问 (2008)

早,赖讷

Good morning, Rainer.

— 浪潮 (2008)

早,这是怎么了?

Morning, what's going on?

— 穆那大哥做医生 (2003)

adverb Common #4,333
already; long ago Shows that something had happened or been true before the time being discussed.
CH: 他早有计划。
EN: He already had a plan.

早跟你说了

I told you so.

— 维多利亚 (2015)

布坎说他早就可以搞定她了

Bukan said he could have gotten her a long time ago.

— 青春年少 (1998)

织布机都几十年了,早都坏了

The loom is decades old; it broke down ages ago.

— 我的父亲母亲 (1999)

没你只得男人的话搞不好他们全都早给野狼吃了

If it weren't for you, they might all have been eaten by wolves by now.

— 幽灵公主 (1997)

那下次要烧的塑料棚应该也早定好了吧

Then the plastic greenhouse to be burned next time should have been decided on already, right?

— 燃烧 (2018)

大家自己人,早叫你一道吃

We're all friends here—I told you to join us for a meal earlier.

— 花样年华 (2000)

早不知卖哪儿去了

It was sold off ages ago—I have no idea where it ended up.

— 霸王别姬 (1993)

早跟你说了,这夜店属於我的!

I told you ages ago, this nightclub is mine!

— 维多利亚 (2015)

泰迪早把我看穿了

Teddy saw right through me long ago.

— 风吹麦浪 (2006)

“你那时之前,早知道我是谁么?”

Before that, did you already know who I was?

他向来傲慢,早该料到如此

He's always been arrogant; he should have seen this coming.

— 窃听风暴 (2006)

他早有计划

He had already made plans.

— 搏击俱乐部 (1999)

刚才没有阿宣救你们你们早都死了

If A Xuan hadn't saved you just now, you'd all be dead already.

— 白蛇:缘起 (2019)

他应该早来了啊

He should have arrived earlier.

— 母亲 (2009)

早写完啦

I finished writing it early.

— 伊莲娜 (2011)

我动不了我这腿能动我不早走了吗?

I can't move. If I could move this leg, don't you think I'd have left already?

— 重庆森林 (1994)

早跟你说是左边的房间

I told you earlier—it’s the room on the left.

— 2046 (2004)

我爸他早死了

My dad died a long time ago.

— SoulMate (2016)

希加跟我说话的时候,就像早与我相识一般

When Xijia talks to me, it’s as if we’ve known each other for ages.

— 吾栖之肤 (2011)

我们早都学会了

We learned it a long time ago.

— 亚特兰蒂斯:失落的帝国 (2001)

我们跟山上那些家伙早就是不同世界的人了

We’ve long been worlds apart from those guys up on the mountain.

— 辉夜姬物语 (2013)

早准备好了

It was ready a long time ago.

— 美国黑帮 (2007)

婚姻早已经死了

The marriage has been dead for a long time.

— 海德尔 (2014)

你早告诉我们有这好事我们早参加了是不是

If you’d told us about this great opportunity earlier, we would’ve joined, right?

— Hi, Mom (2021)

以为早给你抛了

I thought I’d tossed it to you ages ago.

— 春光乍泄 (1997)

他早料到有这种结局

He had foreseen this outcome long ago.

— 指环王3:王者无敌 (2003)

我还以为你早死了

I thought you were dead already.

— 七武士 (1954)

但我们早有准备

But we were prepared.

— 巴克劳 (2019)

早告诉过你了

I told you earlier.

— 无人知晓 (2004)

瑞马德哈·辛格早就是承包商了

Rimadeha Singh had already been a contractor for some time.

— 瓦塞浦黑帮(上) (2012)

但我们在,条子早把那珠宝店包围了

But when we got there, the cops had already surrounded the jewelry store.

— 落水狗 (1992)

noun Rare #26,947
morning, early part of the day Used as a noun in expressions such as 从早到晚 (“from morning to night”).
CH: 我从早忙到晚。
EN: I’m busy from morning until night.

他从早到晚只是在抱怨。

All he does from morning till night is complain.

他从早吃到晚。

He eats from morning till night.

他从早工作到晚。

He works from morning till night.

会由早忙到晚

I'll be busy from morning till night.

— 关于我母亲的一切 (1999)

adjective Rare #26,948
too early; premature Describes something done or said before the time is right, as in 有点早 (“a little too early”) or 别说得太早 (“don’t say that too soon”).
CH: 你现在退休有点早。
EN: It’s a little too early for you to retire now.

你知道总是有人找麻烦…在我们刚想清净一会儿你退休有点早啊

You know how people are always causing trouble... just when we were hoping for a little peace and quiet. You retired a bit too early.

— 城市英雄 (1993)

话别说的太早

Don't speak too soon.

— 几近成名 (2000)

现在说可能有点早你想不想圣诞节出去喝一杯

It might be a little early to bring this up, but would you like to go out for a drink at Christmas?

— 真爱至上 (2003)

话可别说得太早

Don't speak too soon.

— 魔女宅急便 (1989)

不让他高兴得太早

Don't let him celebrate too soon.

— 办公室的故事 (1977)

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