一早

• 拼音: yī zǎo
• 汉字拆解: 一 = right at/the very (intensifier); 早 = 日 + 十 (sun + upright mark — the sun just rising, early morning)

含义

Early in the morning; first thing in the morning. Can also mean 'from the very start' or 'long ago/already early on' in colloquial usage, particularly in southern dialects.

Used temporally for actions taken at an early hour: 一早起床 (getting up early in the morning). In southern Chinese and Hong Kong usage, 一早 also functions to mean 'already from the outset' or 'long before now': 我一早就知道了 (I knew about it long ago/from early on). Context disambiguates the two senses.

例句

1. 他一早就来到了公司，把会议室里的白板擦得干干净净，在上面写满了当天讨论要点的提纲。
2. 菜市场的摊主们一早便架起摊位，趁着早晨的人流高峰售出当天最新鲜的食材。
3. 她其实一早便察觉到了团队内部的矛盾，只是一直等待合适的时机才提出来统一解决。

用法指南

语境: daily life, narrative, colloquial, description

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 救援队队长一早便率队抵达了滑坡现场，指挥队员对废墟进行系统性搜索，确保每一个可能的生命迹象都得到及时响应。(The rescue team leader arrived at the landslide site with the team early in the morning, directing members to conduct a systematic search of the rubble to ensure every possible sign of life received a timely response.)
• 这项政策漏洞其实一早便被行业协会的法务团队发现并上报，只是相关部门未予重视，才最终演变成大规模的合规危机。(This policy loophole was in fact discovered and reported by the industry association's legal team long ago from the outset; it was only because the relevant authorities paid it no attention that it eventually developed into a large-scale compliance crisis.)

错误说法

• 我一早起来很晚 — 一早 implies early in the morning; saying one got up very late at 一早 is self-contradictory; use 今天起晚了 or 一觉睡到大中午

起源与历史

一 (right at/the very — intensifier) + 早 (early/morning — 日 sun + 十 upright mark; the sun just cresting the horizon, early morning)

文化背景

时代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal