起早

qǐzǎo

to wake up early

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
2 早 zǎo
  1. early
  2. morning
  3. Good morning!
  4. long ago
  5. prematurely

Containing this entry

起早摸黑 qǐzǎomōhēi see 起早貪黑 qǐzǎotānhēi
起早貪黑 qǐzǎotānhēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
起早貪黑 qǐzǎomōhēi