# 早就 (zǎojiù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 早就 (zǎojiù) means “long ago; already earlier”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: long ago; already earlier
- Pinyin: zǎojiù (zao3 jiu4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 我早就知道这件事了。
  Wǒ zǎojiù zhīdào zhè jiàn shì le.
  I already knew about this matter long ago.

## Characters

- [早](https://hanziro.com/word/zao-early/) (zǎo): early; morning
- [就](https://hanziro.com/word/jiu-then/) (jiù): then; precisely

https://hanziro.com/word/zao-jiu-long-ago/

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