起初

Chinese edit

	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 edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐchū

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

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

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki² co¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵chi-tshu

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): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ 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: /hi³¹ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (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/
Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵chi-tshu
  - MiniDict: chi^去 tshu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi-tshu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴/

Adverb edit

起初

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

Synonyms edit

一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
上頭仔／上头仔 (Hokkien)
乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
先前 (¹shi-zhi) (Wu)
先起頭／先起头 (Wu)
先頭／先头 (Wu)
最初 (zuìchū)
初初 (co¹ co¹) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
原 (yuán)
原來／原来 (yuánlái)
原先 (yuánxiān)
原初 (yuánchū)
原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
原旦 (Hakka)
原本 (yuánběn)
原本榻裡／原本榻里 (⁶gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
在本 (Hokkien)
始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
寢頭／寝头 (Hokkien)
就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
早先 (⁵tsau-shi) (Wu)
本來／本来 (běnlái)
本則來／本则来 (⁵pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
本底 (Hokkien)
本底子 (⁵pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
本成 (Hokkien)
本然 (Hokkien)
本生 (⁵pen-san) (Wu)
當初／当初 (dāngchū)
當初時／当初时 (Hokkien)
當原初／当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
自本 (Hokkien)
舊底／旧底 (Hokkien)
起先 (qǐxiān)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (qǐshǒu)
起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
開先／开先 (kai¹ sienn¹) (Xiang)
開初／开初 (kāichū)
頭仔／头仔 (Hokkien)
頭起先／头起先 (Hokkien)
頭頭／头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)

Antonyms edit

最後／最后 (zuìhòu)