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How to write 早上好 — "Good Morning" in Chinese
早上好 (zǎo shàng hǎo) is how you say "good morning" in Chinese. The school-day opener — how Chinese classrooms start every morning. Below is each character with its pinyin and meaning, plus a free tracing worksheet you can print in seconds.
早上好 character by character
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning in this phrase |
|---|---|---|
| 早 | zǎo | morning; early |
| 上 | shàng | up; to attend |
| 好 | hǎo | good; well |
| 早上好 | zǎo shàng hǎo | good morning |
Using 早上好
早上 is “early morning” and 好 is “good”, so 早上好 is a direct “good morning”. It is the standard opener in Chinese classrooms: the teacher greets the class with 早上好, and the students answer 老师，早上好. Heritage-school kids hear it every Saturday morning.
In quick everyday speech the middle character often lightens to a neutral tone — “zǎo shang hǎo” — and within the family a single 早！ (“morning!”) is the casual version, like English “morning!”. The written form is the same in Traditional Chinese.
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FAQ
What is the short version of 早上好?
早 (zǎo) — just “morning!” — is what family members and close friends actually say at breakfast. 早上好 is the full, polite version for class and greeting adults.
How is 早上好 pronounced in real conversation?
The characters are zǎo shàng hǎo, but in fluent speech 上 usually turns into a light neutral tone: “zǎo shang hǎo”. Worksheets and dictionaries print the full citation tones.
Is 早上好 the same in Traditional Chinese?
Yes — 早, 上 and 好 are written identically in both scripts.