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早上
zǎoshang
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- zǎoshang
- simplified
- 早上
- traditional
- 早上
1 · noun
The part of the day from daybreak until noon.
一天中从天亮到中午前的一段时间。
Use in the morning but normally this morning without in.
The class starts at nine in the morning.
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课程早上九点开始。
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2 · noun (time expression)
The early part of the day, around and shortly after daybreak.
一天刚开始、天亮前后到较早时段的一段时间。
The source explicitly says early morning, so these examples use an early-day context. The boundary of 早上 varies; it need not cover the entire morning.
At daybreak this morning, birdsong woke me up.
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今天早上天刚亮，我就被鸟叫声叫醒了。
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He goes out for a walk at six every morning.
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他每天早上六点出门散步。
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Mandarin reading: zǎoshang.
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