出發點

See also: 出发点 and 出発点

Chinese

		to start on a journey; to depart; to set off to start on a journey; to depart; to set off; to set out	point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)
trad. (出發點)		出發	點
simp. (出发点)		出发	点

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūfādiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄈㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceot¹ faat³ dim²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhut-hoat-tiám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cug⁴ huag⁴ diam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūfādiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄈㄚ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chufadiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-fa¹-tien³
    • Yale: chū-fā-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chufadean
    • Palladius: чуфадянь (čufadjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ fä⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ceot¹ faat³ dim²
    • Yale: chēut faat dím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoet⁷ faat⁸ dim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêd¹ fad³ dim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ faːt̚³ tiːm³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhut-hoat-tiám
    • Tâi-lô: tshut-huat-tiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuthoatdiarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²⁻⁴ tiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰut̚⁵⁻²⁴ huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ tiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁵ huat̚³²⁻⁵ tiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²⁻⁴ tiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰut̚³²⁻⁴ huat̚³²⁻⁴ tiam⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cug⁴ huag⁴ diam²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshuk huak tiám
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuk̚²⁻⁴ huak̚²⁻⁴ tiam⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

出發點

1. (literally, figuratively) starting point

   以人民利益為出發點 [MSC, trad.]
   以人民利益为出发点 [MSC, simp.]

   yǐ rénmín lìyì wéi chūfādiǎn [Pinyin]

   to take the interests of people as a starting point

   出發點是好的。／出发点是好的。  ―  Chūfādiǎn shì hǎo de.  ―  Someone meant well (despite the outcome).

   • 每一個黨員，每一種局部工作，每一項言論或行動，都必須以全黨利益為出發點，絕對不許可違反這個原則。 [MSC, trad.]
     每一个党员，每一种局部工作，每一项言论或行动，都必须以全党利益为出发点，绝对不许可违反这个原则。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《整頓黨的作風》 (Rectify the Party's Style of Work), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Měi yī gè dǎngyuán, měi yī zhǒng júbù gōngzuò, měi yī xiàng yánlùn huò xíngdòng, dōu bìxū yǐ quándǎng lìyì wéi chūfādiǎn, juéduì bù xǔkě wéifǎn zhège yuánzé. [Pinyin]

     Every Party member, every branch of work, every statement and every action must proceed from the interests of the whole Party; it is absolutely impermissible to violate this principle.

Synonyms

• 基點／基点 (jīdiǎn)
• 始點／始点 (shǐdiǎn)
• 起始點／起始点 (qǐshǐdiǎn)
• 起點／起点 (qǐdiǎn)