Chinese symbol for “untimely”
过早
guò zǎo
Traditional: 過早
premature; untimely; (dialect) to have breakfast; breakfast
The closest CC-CEDICT match for untimely is 过早 (guò zǎo), defined as: premature; untimely; (dialect) to have breakfast; breakfast.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 过早.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 过去 (過去) | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
| 过程 (過程) | guò chéng | course of events; process |
| 超过 (超過) | chāo guò | to surpass; to exceed |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning; 个 (gè) |
| 早就 | zǎo jiù | already at an earlier time |
| 早已 | zǎo yǐ | for a long time; long since; (dialect) in the past |
See also: Japanese symbol for “untimely”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.