巴士早了兩分鐘。

The bus was two minutes early.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 巴士 bāshì
  1. bus (loanword)
  2. motor coach
2 早 zǎo
  1. early
  2. morning
  3. Good morning!
  4. long ago
  5. prematurely
=3 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=3 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=3 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
=4 兩 liǎng
  1. two
  2. both
  3. some
  4. a few
  5. tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤 jīn (old)
=4 兩 liàng Original form of 輛／辆 (liàng).
5 分鐘 fēnzhōng minute