Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 早晨
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
早饭zǎofànbreakfast; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4],餐[can1]
早上zǎoshangearly morning; CL:個|个[ge4]
早餐zǎocānbreakfast; CL:份[fen4],頓|顿[dun4],次[ci4]
早期zǎoqīearly period; early phase; early stage
早晚zǎowǎnmorning and evening; (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days; (coll.) (this, or that) point of time; (dialect) at some time in the future