起初
Chinese
to rise; to raise; to get up | initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic | ||
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trad. (起初) | 起 | 初 | |
simp. #(起初) | 起 | 初 | |
anagram | 初起 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hei2 co1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí-chhû
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-chho͘ / khí-chhe / khí-chhoe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cǐchu
- Wade–Giles: chʻi3-chʻu1
- Yale: chǐ-chū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiichu
- Palladius: цичу (ciču)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hei2 co1
- Yale: héi chō
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei2 tso1
- Guangdong Romanization: héi2 co1
- Sinological IPA (key): /hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-chhû
- Hakka Romanization System: hiˋ cuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: hi3 cu1
- Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-chhe
- Tâi-lô: khí-tshe
- Phofsit Daibuun: qyzhef
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-chhoe
- Tâi-lô: khí-tshue
- Phofsit Daibuun: qyzhoef
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/
Adverb
(deprecated template usage) 起初
- at first; initially; in the beginning; originally; at the outset
Synonyms
- 一插手兒/一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 一開始/一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
- 上頭仔/上头仔 (Hokkien)
- 乍出猛兒/乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 先前 (1shi-zhi) (Wu)
- 先起頭/先起头 (Wu)
- 先頭/先头 (Wu)
- 最初 (zuìchū)
- 初初 (co1 co1) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
- 劈頭/劈头 (pītóu)
- 原 (yuán)
- 原來/原来 (yuánlái)
- 原先 (yuánxiān)
- 原初 (yuánchū)
- 原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
- 原旦 (Hakka)
- 原本 (yuánběn)
- 原本榻裡/原本榻里 (6gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
- 在本 (Hokkien)
- 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
- 寢頭/寝头 (Hokkien)
- 就跟兒/就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 早先 (5tsau-shi) (Wu)
- 本來/本来 (běnlái)
- 本則來/本则来 (5pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
- 本底 (Hokkien)
- 本底子 (5pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
- 本成 (Hokkien)
- 本然 (Hokkien)
- 本生 (5pen-san) (Wu)
- 當初/当初 (dāngchū)
- 當初時/当初时 (Hokkien)
- 當原初/当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 自本 (Hokkien)
- 舊底/旧底 (Hokkien)
- 起先 (qǐxiān)
- 起始 (qǐshǐ)
- 起手 (qǐshǒu)
- 起頭/起头 (qǐtóu)
- 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
- 開先/开先 (kai1 sienn1) (Xiang)
- 開初/开初 (kāichū)
- 頭仔/头仔 (Hokkien)
- 頭起先/头起先 (Hokkien)
- 頭頭/头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)
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