如初

Chinese

		as (if); such as	initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic
trad. (如初)		如	初
simp. #(如初)		如	初

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúchū

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄔㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ co¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): ru⁵ co¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúchū
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄔㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúchu
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-chʻu¹
    • Yale: rú-chū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruchu
    • Palladius: жучу (žuču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ co¹
    • Yale: yùh chō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ tso¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ co¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ru⁵ co¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jû tsho
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰo³³/

Verb

如初

1. to be as before

Derived terms

• 和好如初
• 完好如初 (wánhǎorúchū)