Definition

Noun: * Early morning: The first part of the morning, the time just after dawn and before the day is fully underway. It emphasizes the earliness within the morning period.

Usage

• "Sáng sớm" is used to specify a time very early in the morning. It often implies a sense of freshness, quiet, or the beginning of daily activities.
• It can be used as an adverbial phrase of time without a preposition.
  • Tôi thích đi dạo sáng sớm. (I like to take a walk early in the morning.)
  • Cô ấy làm việc từ sáng sớm. (She works from early morning.)
• It can be modified by other words like (very), (at the crack of dawn).
  • Anh ấy dậy rất sáng sớm. (He wakes up very early in the morning.)

Examples

• (People often exercise early in the morning.)
• Sáng sớm, không khí rất trong lành. (Early in the morning, the air is very fresh.)
• (That train departs at 5 a.m. early in the morning.)

Advanced Usage

• "Từ sáng sớm": From the early morning. This phrase emphasizes an action that started at dawn and has continued.
  • Bà tôi đã thức dậy từ sáng sớm để chuẩn bị đồ cúng. (My grandmother woke up from the early morning to prepare offerings.)
• "Sáng sớm tinh mơ" / "Sớm tinh mơ": At the crack of dawn, very early morning. This is an emphatic form.
  • Chúng tôi phải lên đường sáng sớm tinh mơ. (We had to set off at the crack of dawn.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sáng (n): Morning. A broader term for the morning period.
• Sớm (adj/adv): Early. Can refer to early time in general, not just morning (e.g., - arrive early).
• Bình minh (n): Dawn, sunrise. Focuses on the moment the sun rises.
• Hừng đông (n): Daybreak, dawn. A more literary term.

Synonyms

• Buổi sáng sớm: Early morning (a slightly more formal variant).
• Sớm mai (literary/poetic): Early morn.

Related Phrases

• Đầu giờ sáng: Early hours of the morning. Similar in meaning, can sometimes be used interchangeably.
• Tinh mơ: (At) daybreak. Often used with for emphasis.

noun

1. early morning
   • dậy từ sáng sớm
     to wake up early in the morning