最早

Chinese

		(the) most; ‑est	early; morning
simp. and trad. (最早)		最	早

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuìzǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄗㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi³ zou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zuìzǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄗㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzueytzao
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi³ zou²
    • Yale: jeui jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey³ dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu³ zou²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɵy̯³³ t͡sou̯³⁵/

Adjective

最早

1. earliest

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
最	早
も Grade: 4	はや Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Adverb

最早 (hiragana もはや, rōmaji mohaya)

1. now; already; no longer

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.