初起

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (初起)		初	起
simp. #(初起)		初	起
anagram		起初

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūqǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūqǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chucǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chʻi³
    • Yale: chū-chǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchii
    • Palladius: чуци (čuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adverb

初起

1. Synonym of 初起 (chūqǐ, “at first; initially; in the beginning; originally; at the outset”)

Verb

初起

1. Synonym of 開始／开始 (kāishǐ, “to start; to begin”)

   • 例如在抗戰初起時，許多人有一種毫無根據的樂觀傾向，他們把日本估計過低，甚至以為日本不能打到山西。 [MSC, trad.]
     例如在抗战初起时，许多人有一种毫无根据的乐观倾向，他们把日本估计过低，甚至以为日本不能打到山西。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Lìrú zài kàngzhàn chūqǐ shí, xǔduō rén yǒu yīzhǒng háowú gēnjù de lèguān qīngxiàng, tāmen bǎ Rìběn gūjì guò dī, shènzhì yǐwéi Rìběn bùnéng dǎ dào Shānxī. [Pinyin]

     For instance, at the outset of the war many people were groundlessly optimistic, underestimating Japan and even believing that the Japanese could not get as far as Shanxi.