開首

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (開首)		開	首
simp. (开首)		开	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāishǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ sau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kāishǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kaishǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-shou³
    • Yale: kāi-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaishoou
    • Palladius: кайшоу (kajšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi¹ sau¹
    • Yale: hōi sāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ sau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ seo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

開首

1. beginning; outset; start; opening

Verb

開首

1. (Beijing Mandarin) to start; to begin; 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)
• 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
• 萌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起手 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
• 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
• 開始／开始 (kāishǐ)