早夭

Chinese

		early; morning	tender; gentle; to die prematurely
simp. and trad. (早夭)		早	夭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǎoyāo, zǎoyǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠ, ㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² jiu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǎoyāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǎoyao
  - Wade–Giles: tsao³-yao¹
  - Yale: dzǎu-yāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaoiau
  - Palladius: цзаояо (czaojao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zǎoyǎo [Phonetic: záoyǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zǎoyǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tsao³-yao³
  - Yale: dzǎu-yǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaoyeau
  - Palladius: цзаояо (czaojao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² jiu²
  - Yale: jóu yíu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² jiu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou² yiu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ jiːu̯³⁵/

Verb

早夭

to die young

Synonyms

夭壽／夭寿 (yāoshòu)
夭壽死／夭寿死 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
夭折
夭逝 (literary)
夭閼／夭阏 (yǎo'è)
早死 (zǎosǐ)
短命 (duǎnmìng)

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