早
就

Already at an earlier time in Chinese: 早就 (zǎo jiù)

zǎo jiù

already at an earlier time

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1already at an earlier time

Stroke order

Watch how to write 早就 stroke by stroke.

早
就

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

Learn how to read Zhuyin

ㄗㄠˇ

zǎo

ㄗ/ zㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄧㄡˋ

jiù

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

See 早就 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这件事我早就知道了。

    zhè jiàn shì wǒ zǎo jiù zhī dào le。

    I knew about this a long time ago.

Spotted a mistake?

Related words

就

jiù

(after a suppositional clause) in that case

早

zǎo

early

早上

zǎo shang

early morning

成就

chéng jiù

accomplishment

早饭

zǎo fàn

breakfast

就要

jiù yào

will

早餐

zǎo cān

breakfast

早晨

zǎo chén

early morning

就是

jiù shì

exactly

就业

jiù yè

to get a job

早已

zǎo yǐ

for a long time

早期

zǎo qī

early period

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 2 vocabulary list

Learn 早就 with spaced repetition

Add 早就 (zǎo jiù) to your review queue and the FSRS algorithm will schedule it exactly when you're about to forget — then meet it again in a short AI-generated story written at your level.

Start learning free

No credit card required · Free tier included