首義

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (首義)		首	義
simp. (首义)		首	义

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuyì
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-i⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouyih
    • Palladius: шоуи (šoui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² ji⁶
    • Yale: sáu yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ jiː²²/

Verb

首義

1. (literary) to reveal the main idea
2. (literary) to be the first to stage an uprising

Synonyms

• (to stage an uprising):

• 亂逆／乱逆 (luànnì) (literary)
• 兵變／兵变 (bīngbiàn) (to mutiny)
• 動亂／动乱 (dòngluàn)
• 反亂／反乱 (fǎnluàn)
• 反叛 (fǎnpàn)
• 反天 (fǎntiān) (literary)
• 反抗 (fǎnkàng)
• 反水 (fǎnshuǐ) (dialectal)
• 叛亂／叛乱 (pànluàn)
• 叛變／叛变 (pànbiàn)
• 嘩變／哗变 (huábiàn) (to mutiny)
• 悖亂／悖乱 (bèiluàn) (literary)
• 暴亂／暴乱 (bàoluàn)
• 暴動／暴动 (bàodòng)
• 暴獄／暴狱 (bàoyù) (of prisoners)
• 發難／发难 (fānàn)
• 舉事／举事 (jǔshì) (literary, euphemism)
• 舉義／举义 (jǔyì) (literary)
• 起事 (qǐshì)
• 起兵 (qǐbīng)
• 起手 (qǐshǒu)
• 起義／起义 (qǐyì)
• 逆亂／逆乱 (nìluàn) (literary)
• 造反 (zàofǎn)