起初

Chinese

	to rise; to raise; to get up	initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic
trad. (起初)	起	初
simp. ^#(起初)	起	初
anagram	初起

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐchū

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² co¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hí-chhû

(Meixian, Guangdong): hi³ ci¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): khí-chho͘ / khí-chhe / khí-chhoe

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki² co¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐchū
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐchu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-chʻu¹
  - Yale: chǐ-chū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiichu
  - Palladius: цичу (ciču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
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/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-chhû
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi` cu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ cu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hi³ ci¹
  - Sinological IPA: /çi³¹ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-chho͘
  - Tâi-lô: khí-tshoo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qyzhof
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔ³³/
- (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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ki² co¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí tsho
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰo³³/

Adverb

起初

at first; initially; in the beginning; originally; at the outset
- The Bible, Genesis 1:1
  起初神創造天地。／起初神创造天地。 ― Qǐchū Shén chuàngzào tiāndì. ― In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 起初

先前 (Wu)
初初 (Cantonese, Min Nan)
原先 (yuánxiān)
原初 (yuánchū)
原底 (yuándǐ) (chiefly Cantonese, Min Nan)
原旦 (Hakka)
原本 (yuánběn)
在本 (Min Nan)
始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
早先 (Wu)
最初 (zuìchū)
本底 (Min Nan)
本底子 (Wu, dated)
本成 (Min Nan)
本然 (Min Nan)
本生 (běnshēng) (Wu)
自本 (Min Nan)
起先 (qǐxiān)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (qǐshǒu)
起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)

一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing)
一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
上頭仔／上头仔 (Min Nan)
乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing)
先頭／先头 (Wu)
劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
原來／原来 (yuánlái)
原本榻裡／原本榻里 (Wu)
寢頭／寝头 (Min Nan)
就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing)
本來／本来 (běnlái)
本則來／本则来 (Wu, dated)
當初／当初 (dāngchū)
當初時／当初时 (Min Nan)
舊底／旧底 (Min Nan)
起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
開先／开先 (Xiang)
開初／开初 (kāichū)
頭仔／头仔 (Min Nan)
頭起先／头起先 (Min Nan)
頭頭 (Cantonese, Min Dong, Min Nan)

Antonyms

最後／最后 (zuìhòu)

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