伊始

Chinese

		he; she; surname he; she; surname; Iraq (abbrev.); Iran (abbrev.)	begin
trad. (伊始)		伊	始
simp. #(伊始)		伊	始

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ ci²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): i¹ si²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yishǐh
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-shih³
    • Yale: yī-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyy
    • Palladius: иши (iši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ ci²
    • Yale: yī chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i¹ si²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: i sí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³⁻²³ si⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'jij syiX

Rime
Character	伊	始
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於脂切	詩止切
Baxter	'jij	syiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔiɪ/	/ɕɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔi/	/ɕɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔjɪ/	/ɕieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔi/	/ɕɨX/
Li Rong	/ʔi/	/ɕiəX/
Wang Li	/i/	/ɕĭəX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔi/	/ɕiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yī	shǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji1	si2

Verb

伊始

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

Synonyms

• 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)
• 開首／开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing Mandarin)

 

Noun

伊始

1. (literary) beginning; genesis; origin

Synonyms

• 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)
• 首端 (shǒuduān)