初冬

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	winter
simp. and trad. (初冬)		初	冬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūdōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄉㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ dung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūdōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄉㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chudong
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-tung¹
    • Yale: chū-dūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chudong
    • Palladius: чудун (čudun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ dung¹
    • Yale: chō dūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ dung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ dung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

初冬

1. early winter

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 冬頭／冬头

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	冬
しょ Grade: 4	とう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

初(しょ)冬(とう) • (shotō) 

1. the beginning of winter