Chinese

早餐

/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰän⁵⁵/
breakfast
  • HSK 2

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  • characterChinese早 “early; in advance; soon”
    • meaningChinese日 “Sun”
    • soundChinese棗 “jujube; Chinese date”
    • ideaChinese甲 “shell; carapace”
  • characterChinese餐 “to eat”
    • soundChinese𣦼
    • meaningChinese食 “to eat; to have a meal; to take in”
      • ideaChinese亼 “mouth”
        • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • ideaChinese皀 “Prepared food, a vessel full of food (as in 即 and 既, in which is simplified)”

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