起首

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (起首)		起	首
simp. ^#(起首)		起	首

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² sau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐshǒu [Phonetic: qíshǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-shou³
  - Yale: chǐ-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiishoou
  - Palladius: цишоу (cišou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² sau²
  - Yale: héi sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

Adverb

起首

(literary or Guangzhou Cantonese) at first; initially; in the beginning; originally; at the outset

Synonyms

Synonyms of 起首

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)
起初 (qǐchū)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (qǐshǒu)

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)

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