首字母

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	letter; alphabet
simp. and trad. (首字母)		首	字母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuzìmǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² zi⁶ mou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuzìmǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄗˋ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuzìhmǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-tzŭ⁴-mu³
    • Yale: shǒu-dz̀-mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooutzyhmuu
    • Palladius: шоуцзыму (šouczymu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sz̩⁵¹ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² zi⁶ mou⁵
    • Yale: sáu jih móuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² dzi⁶ mou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² ji⁶ mou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡siː²² mou̯¹³/

Noun

首字母

1. initial letter; initial