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早操

早操

Chinese

		early; morning	to hold; to drill; to exercise to hold; to drill; to exercise; to act; to do; to take in hand; to keep; to manage
simp. and trad. (早操)		早	操

Noun

早操

morning exercises

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zǎocāo

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄘㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² cou¹
Min Nan (POJ): chá-chhau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zǎocāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄘㄠ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaotsau
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zou² cou¹
  - Yale: jóu chōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² tsou¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chá-chhau
  - Tâi-lô: tsá-tshau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zafzhaw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰaʊ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰaʊ⁴⁴/