肇端

Chinese

		at first; devise; originate	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
trad. (肇端)		肇	端
simp. #(肇端)		肇	端

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàoduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu⁶ dyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàoduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàoduan
    • Wade–Giles: chao⁴-tuan¹
    • Yale: jàu-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jawduan
    • Palladius: чжаодуань (čžaoduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu⁶ dyun¹
    • Yale: siuh dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶ dün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²² tyːn⁵⁵/

Noun

肇端

1. (literary) to begin; to start; to commence

Synonyms

• 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
• 權輿／权舆 (quányú) (literary)
• 發端／发端 (fāduān)
• 發軔／发轫 (fārèn) (literary)
• 肇始 (zhàoshǐ) (literary)
• 萌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起手 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
• 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
• 開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
• 開首／开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing Mandarin)

 

Noun

肇端

1. (literary) beginning; start; commencement

Synonyms

• 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
• 序幕 (xùmù) (figurative)
• 發端／发端 (fāduān)
• 萌 (literary)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
• 起頭先／起头先 (kī-tàu-sĕng) (Eastern Min)
• 開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
• 開端／开端 (kāiduān)
• 開頭／开头 (kāitóu)
• 首端 (shǒuduān)