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明早 (míng zǎo) — tomorrow morning

Definition

noun
tomorrow morning

Examples

  • 明早。
    míng zǎo Wǒ men bā diǎn zài xué xiào mén kǒu jiàn miàn.
    We'll meet at the school gate at eight tomorrow morning.
  • 明早。
    míng zǎo De fēi jī shì liù diǎn qǐ fēi.
    Tomorrow morning's flight takes off at six.
  • 明早。
    Tā míng zǎo yào qù yī yuàn jiǎn chá shēn tǐ.
    He's going to the hospital for a check-up tomorrow morning.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

明míngnext day
早zǎomorning

明 means next day and 早 means morning, so the word means tomorrow morning.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

明 combines 日 (sun) and 月 (moon), showing the sun just rising while the moon has not yet set, or two bright objects in the sky, to express brightness.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
日日rìsun
Sound part声符shēngfú
棗
棗zǎo早zǎo
Same sound today

The form 早 pairs 日 (sun) with 棗, which gives the sound; an earlier shape of 早 was a picture of an acorn.

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