# 起早頭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Eastern Min (BUC): kī-*cā-tàu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ki$^3$ zor$^3$ tao$^2$
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kī-*cā-tàu
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi³³⁻²¹ t͡sa³³⁻²¹ $^{(tʰ-)}$lau⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ki$^3$ zor$^3$ tao$^2$ [Phonetic: ki$^5$ or$^2$ lao$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kî-cô̤-táu
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi⁴⁵³⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$ɒ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ $^{(tʰ-)}$lau¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ki$^3$ zor$^3$ tao$^2$ [Phonetic: ki$^5$ lor$^1$ lao$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi³³²⁻²¹ $^{(t͡s-)}$lɒ³³²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(tʰ-)}$lau¹³/

### Noun

起早頭
* (Eastern Min, Puxian Min) early morning

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 晨, 朝 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 早晨, 清早, 清晨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 早晨, 早起 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 早晨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 早上, 早晨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 早晨, 早晨起來 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 傍亮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 傍亮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 趕早, 早起 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 早晨, 清早 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 早晨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 早晨頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 早上, 早晨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 早上 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 朝頭早, 朝早 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 朝頭早, 朝早 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 一早 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 朝早 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 朝頭早 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 朝頭早 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 早朝早 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 朝頭朝早 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 朝頭早 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 朝頭早 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 朝頭早 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 朝頭早 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 侵早 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 晨早 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 朝頭早 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 朝頭, 朝早 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 朝早 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 朝早 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 朝早 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 朝頭早, 早朝, 朝早 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 朝頭早 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 一皓 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 朝早 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 朝頭早 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 朝早 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 朝頭早, 朝早 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 早朝, 早晨 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 朝間早 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 朝間早 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 早朝頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 朝頭早, 朝間早 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 朝早 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 朝早頭 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 天光早 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 晨早 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 朝頭早 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 朝早 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 清早, 早上 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 朝晨, 朝晨頭 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Gaobei) | 朝晨早 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 朝晨頭 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Fengliang) | 朝晨早 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Pantian) | 朝晨 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 早晨 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 朝晨頭 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 朝晨頭 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 朝晨早 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 早上 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 朝晨, 朝晨頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 朝晨, 朝晨頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 朝晨, 朝晨頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 朝晨, 朝晨頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 晨早, 晨早頭 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 晨早, 晨早時務 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 早晨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 早晨, 打早, 打早起, 早起, 清早 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 早頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 早頭, 早起頭, 起早, 起早頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 早起 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 早起 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 早起 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 早起 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 早起 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 眠起早, 眠起 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 眠起早 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 起早, 起早頭, 起早時 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 起早, 起早頭, 起早時 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 停光, 光早 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 通光 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 朝頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 早浪, 早浪向, 早晨, 早晨頭, 清早晨 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 早浪 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 天亮, 天亮頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 天光早, 天光 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 早上, 早晨頭 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 早晨家 |

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “起早头”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 320.