早晚

See also: 早晩

Chinese

		early; morning	evening; night; late
simp. and trad. (早晚)		早	晚

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎowǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zou² maan⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): dau² man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎowǎn [Phonetic: záowǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎowǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-wan³
    • Yale: dzǎu-wǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaowoan
    • Palladius: цзаовань (czaovanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² maan⁵
    • Yale: jóu máahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² maan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² man⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ maːn¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: dau² man⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵⁵ ᵐban²¹/

Noun

早晚

1. morning and evening
2. (colloquial) time
3. (dialectal) some time in the future

Synonyms

• (morning and evening): (Hakka) 朝晨暗晡; (Hokkien) 早暗, 早晏

Adverb

早晚

1. sooner or later

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 早晚 (“sooner or later”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		早晚, 遲早
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	早晚, 遲早
	Singapore	遲早
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	早晚
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	早兒晚兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	早晚, 遲早
	Wanrong	遲早
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	遲早
	Ürümqi	早晚
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	早晏
	Guiyang	早晏
	Liuzhou	遲早
Cantonese	Guangzhou	遲早
	Hong Kong	遲早
Gan	Nanchang	早晚, 遲早
	Pingxiang	遲早
Hakka	Meixian	遲早
	Yudu	遲早
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	早暗, 早慢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	早暗, 早慢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	早暗, 早慢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	早暗, 早慢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	早暗, 早慢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	早慢
Huizhou	Jixi	早晏, 遲早
Northern Min	Jian'ou	早晏
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	遲早
Southern Min	Xiamen	早晏
	Quanzhou	早晏
	Zhangzhou	早晏, 早慢, 緊縒緩
	Tainan	早慢, 緊縒慢
	Singapore (Hokkien)	早晏
	Manila (Hokkien)	早晏
	Shantou	遲早
	Jieyang	先慢
	Puning	先慢
Wu	Shanghai	早晏, 早晏點
	Shanghai (Chongming)	早晏
	Danyang	早晚, 早啊晚, 早點晚點
	Hangzhou	遲早
	Ningbo	早晏, 遲早點

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (早晚):

• → Japanese: 早晩(そうばん) (sōban)
• → Korean: 조만(早晚) (joman)
• → Vietnamese: tảo vãn (早晚)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chá-mńg / chá-múi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chá-mńg
    • Tâi-lô: tsá-mńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zafmngr
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mŋ̍⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chá-múi
    • Tâi-lô: tsá-muí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zafmuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muĩ⁵³/

Noun

早晚

1. (Southern Min) early and late season (for rice or other crops)