原始

Chinese

		former; original; primary former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source	begin
trad. (原始)		原	始
simp. #(原始)		原	始
alternative forms		元始
anagram		始原

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuánshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ ci²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-sṳ́ / ngiàn-sṳ́
• Eastern Min (BUC): nguòng-sṳ̄
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): goân-sí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuánshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuánshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-shih³
    • Yale: ywán-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanshyy
    • Palladius: юаньши (juanʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ ci²
    • Yale: yùhn chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-sṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngienˇ sii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian<sup>2</sup> si<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ sɨ³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-sṳ́
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngianˇ sii`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian² si³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ sɨ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nguòng-sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuoŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(s-)ny³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goân-sí
    • Tâi-lô: guân-sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goansie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² si⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan¹³⁻²² si⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan²⁴⁻¹¹ si⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan²³⁻³³ si⁴¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 原始

1. primitive
2. first; original
3. (linguistics) proto-
4. (attributive, of a source, document, etc.) original; first-hand

Synonyms

• (primitive): (attributive) 始祖 (shǐzǔ)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
原	始
げん Grade: 2	し Grade: 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

原(げん)始(し) • (genshi) 

1. primal, primeval
2. source (data etc.)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
原	始

Noun

原始 • (wonsi) (hangeul 원시)

1. Hanja form^? of 원시 (“primal; primitive”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
原	始

Adjective

原始

1. chữ Hán form of nguyên thủy (“primitive”).