sớm
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Definition
Adverb:
- Early in time: At a point in time before the expected, usual, or scheduled time.
- Early in the day: During the morning hours, soon after sunrise or at the beginning of the day.
Adjective:
- Early (occurring before the expected time): Happening or developing sooner than is usual or anticipated.
- Precocious: Developing certain abilities or qualities at an unusually early age.
Usage Examples
Adverb:
- Anh ấy luôn đến văn phòng rất sớm. (He always arrives at the office very early.)
- Chúng tôi dậy sớm để xem mặt trời mọc. (We woke up early to watch the sunrise.)
Adjective:
- Đây là giống lúa sớm, thu hoạch trước hai tháng. (This is an early rice variety, harvested two months sooner.)
- Cô bé có trí thông minh phát triển sớm. (The girl has precocious intelligence.)
Advanced Usage
"sớm muộn": Sooner or later; inevitably at some point in the future.
- Sớm muộn anh ta cũng sẽ hiểu ra. (Sooner or later, he will understand.)
"càng sớm càng tốt": As soon as possible.
- Hãy hoàn thành báo cáo này càng sớm càng tốt.* (Please finish this report as soon as possible.)
Variants and Related Words
Sớm sủa (adj/adv): Quite early; implies a satisfactory earliness.
- Chúng ta đã có kết quả sớm sủa hơn dự kiến. (We got the results quite early, ahead of schedule.)
Sớm mai (n): The early morning; the dawn.
- Chuyến tàu khởi hành vào sớm mai. (The train departs at dawn.)
Synonyms
- Early (primary synonym for both adverb and adjective).
- Premature: Occurring before the proper time (often with a negative connotation).
- Precocious: Especially for early mental development.
Related Idioms
- Mưa *sớm thì nắng, nắng sớm thì mưa*: A proverb meaning "Early rain brings sun, early sun brings rain," suggesting that early signs can indicate a reversal.
- Ăn *sớm no lâu, cày sớm tốt lúa*: An idiom translating to "Eating early keeps you full longer, plowing early yields good rice," emphasizing the benefits of starting early.
adv, tính từ early