粵

提tai4早zou2

tai4 zou2tí zǎo

English

  1. ahead of schedule
  2. sooner than planned
  3. to bring forward (to an earlier time)
  4. to start doing something before a scheduled time

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺需要行動嘅時間之前預先行動

Examples

  • 我哋今日八點閂門。 櫃台接待時間係7:50閂門,所以請提早到達退貨或借書。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 湯姆昨天提早回來了。

    Tom came home early yesterday.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 因为台风的关系,我的父母提早一天结束了旅行回到家。

    Because of the typhoon, my parents ended their trip one day early.

    Tatoeba · crescat CC BY

  • 我哋今日提早五分鐘放飯。

    We'll start having our lunch break five minutes earlier today.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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