首倡

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	initiate; instigate; introduce initiate; instigate; introduce; lead
simp. and trad. (首倡)		首	倡
anagram		倡首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuchàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² coeng³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-chhiòng / siú-chhiàng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuchàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuchàng
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-chʻang⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-chàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouchanq
    • Palladius: шоучан (šoučan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² coeng³
    • Yale: sáu cheung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² tsoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² cêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-chhiòng
    • Tâi-lô: siú-tshiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwchioxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-chhiàng
    • Tâi-lô: siú-tshiàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwchiaxng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiaŋ²¹/

Verb

首倡

1. (literary) to be the first to advocate; to initiate; to start
2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 首唱.