# 𠢕早
## Chinese

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### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): gâu-chá
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ghao$^5$ za$^2$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gâu-chá
*** Tâi-lô: gâu-tsá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gauzar
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡau²³⁻³³ t͡sa⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡau²⁴⁻²² t͡sa⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡau¹³⁻²² t͡sa⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡau²⁴⁻²² t͡sa⁵³/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /ɡau²⁴⁻¹² t͡sa⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sa⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ghao$^5$ za$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gâu tsá
*** Sinological IPA : /ɡau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sa⁵²/

### Interjection

𠢕早
* (Southern Min, Zhao'an Hakka) good morning

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 早安, 早上好 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 早安, 早 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 早安 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 早安, 早 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 早晨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 早晨 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 恁早 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 早晨 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 早晨 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 早晨 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 早晨 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 恁早, 恁會早, 恁早萋 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 恁早 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 恁早, 恁會早, 恁早萋 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 恁早, 恁早萋 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 恁早, 恁早萋 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 𠢕早, 堅早 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 早晨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 早頭好 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 早安 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 早頭好 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 𠢕早 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 𠢕早 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 𠢕早 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 𠢕早 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 𠢕早 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 好早起 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 早安 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 早安 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 𠢕早 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 早上好 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 早晨 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 早晨 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 儂早, 早, 早浪好, 谷貓迎 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 早浪好 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 早 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 天亮好 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 早安 |

### Adverb

𠢕早
* (Southern Min) so early

### Further reading

* “Entry #13508”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.