首肯

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do something) to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do something); willing
trad. (首肯)		首	肯
simp. #(首肯)		首	肯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒukěn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² hang²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-khńg / siú-khéng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒukěn [Phonetic: shóukěn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒukěn
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-kʻên³
    • Yale: shǒu-kěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooukeen
    • Palladius: шоукэнь (šoukɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² hang²
    • Yale: sáu háng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² hang²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² heng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ hɐŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-khńg
    • Tâi-lô: siú-khńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'qngr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰŋ̍⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-khéng
    • Tâi-lô: siú-khíng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'qeang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪŋ⁵³/

Verb

首肯

1. (literary) to approve