首端

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
simp. and trad. (首端)		首	端

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuduan
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-tuan¹
    • Yale: shǒu-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouduan
    • Palladius: шоудуань (šouduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/

Noun

首端

1. beginning; start

Synonyms

• 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
• 序幕 (xùmù) (figurative)
• 發端／发端 (fāduān)
• 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
• 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)