gam1 ziu1今朝
Jyutpinggam1 ziu1
Yalegām jīu
Definition
This morning.
colloquialtime
How it's used
Refers specifically to the morning of the current day. It is used much more frequently in spoken Cantonese than the more formal term 今日朝早. It functions as a time adverbial and typically appears at the very beginning of a sentence or immediately after the subject.
Examples
Have you had breakfast this morning yet?
I got up really early this morning.
Related words
Common phrases
this morning
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 聽朝 which means tomorrow morning. Learners sometimes mix these up because both contain the character 朝.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
