(zǎo shang hǎo) - good morning in Mandarin

zǎoshanghǎo

Traditional: 早上好

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Translation

good morning

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Word origin

早上好 (zǎoshang hǎo) 'good morning' is the phrase 早上 'morning' plus 好 (hǎo, 'good'). 好 is an ideographic compound of 女 (nǚ, 'woman') and 子 (zǐ, 'child'), a woman with a child taken to express 'good'.

Origin
compound
Root
早 (early) + 上 (above) + 好 (女 woman + 子 child, 'good')

Stroke order

Stroke order for 早

早

Stroke order for 上

上

Stroke order for 好

好

Examples

,!

Good morning, teacher!

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Good morning, the weather is lovely today.

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Good morning, did you sleep well?

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She smiled and said good morning to me.

早上好 (zǎo shang hǎo) means good morning.

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This word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 7: 早上好, 受伤, 后来 and 7 more words.