HanTrace

早就

zǎo jiù
HSK 2

“Already at an earlier time” in Chinese is 早就 (zǎo jiù).

Meaning

  • already at an earlier time

Example

他们很早就出去了。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zǎoHSK 16 strokesearlyjiùHSK 112 strokes(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then

More HSK 2 words

做到zuòdàoto accomplishHSK 2快乐kuàilèhappy; joyfulHSK 2心情xīnqíngmood; frame of mindHSK 2只要zhǐyàoso long as; provided; ifHSK 2漂亮piàoliangpretty; beautifulHSK 2比如说bǐrú shuōfor exampleHSK 2完全wánquáncomplete; wholeHSK 2接到jiēdàoto receive (letter etc)HSK 2春节ChūnjiéSpring Festival (Chinese New Year)HSK 2经过jīngguòto passHSK 2

Not to be confused with: 造就 (zàojiù, to bring up)