HSK 6 · Time

及早 jízǎo “as early as possible” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 及早 means

  1. as early as possible
  2. in good time
  3. at the earliest possible time
  4. as soon as possible

How to say 及早

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale及jí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale早zǎo3rd tone, dipping

及早 in a sentence

  1. 尽可能及早拜访您。

    Jǐnkěnéng jízǎo bàifǎng nín.

    I’ll visit you as early as I can.

    Sentence #805744 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 及早 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 及 (jí) drawn as one shape
及jíand

及 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 早 (zǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
早zǎoearly
  • 日sun · rì
  • 十ten · shí

How to write 及早

及 3 strokes · 早 6 strokes

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及早 (jízǎo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 及早 (jízǎo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 及早

Words with 及

及时jíshí · timely来不及láibují · not enough time (to do something)来得及láidejí · to have enough time及格jígé · to pass an exam or a test以及yǐjí · and普及pǔjí · to popularise涉及shèjí · to involve迫不及待pòbùjídài · too impatient to wait力所能及lìsuǒnéngjí · within one’s ability

Words with 早

早zǎo · early早饭zǎofàn · breakfast早上zǎoshang · morning迟早chízǎo · sooner or later

More words: Time & Sequence

截至jiézhì · up to截止jiézhǐ · to end即将jíjiāng · about to近来jìnlái · recently连年liánnián · for years in a row历代lìdài · successive dynasties历来lìlái · always黎明límíng · dawn

FAQs

及早 (jízǎo) means “as early as possible” or “in good time”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jízǎo: jí with a 2nd tone, then zǎo with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 及早 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jizao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 及早 from the suggestions. Typing jizao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
及早 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.