發端

Chinese

		to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
trad. (發端)		發	端
simp. (发端*)		发	端

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄚ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ dyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: faduan
    • Wade–Giles: fa¹-tuan¹
    • Yale: fā-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faduan
    • Palladius: фадуань (faduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ tu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faat³ dyun¹
    • Yale: faat dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fad³ dün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ tyːn⁵⁵/

Verb

發端

1. to begin (in); to start (from); to originate (from)

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
• 權輿／权舆 (quányú) (literary)
• 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

(deprecated template usage) 發端

1. beginning; origin

   歐洲發端／欧洲发端  ―  Ōuzhōu fāduān  ―  European origin

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
• 序幕 (xùmù) (figurative)
• 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)