粵

早zou2晚maan5

zou2 maan5zǎo wǎn

English

  1. morning and evening
  2. morning and evening
  3. (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later; one of these days
  4. (coll.) (this, or that) point of time
  5. (dialect) at some time in the future
  6. sooner or later; eventually

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 朝早同夜晚;晝夜
  2. 到最後都會;始終

Examples

  • 佢早晚都要食藥。

    She has to take medicine in the morning and in the evening.

  • 人早晚会死。

    Man will die sooner or later.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 我們早晚要死。

    We'll die sooner or later.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 我今早晚了起床。

    I got up late this morning.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 他們早晚會發現的。

    They will find out sooner or later.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 这债她早晚要还的。

    She will pay for this.

    Tatoeba · jan_OkulaJu CC BY

  • 他早晚会全告诉我的。

    Sooner or later he will tell me everything.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 佢遲早都要離開我哋。

    他早晚要離開我們。 (taa1 zou2 maan5 jiu3 lei4 hoi1 ngo5 mun4.)

    He would leave us sooner or later.

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

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