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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Noun
1.3
Verb
1.3.1
Synonyms
Chinese
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open; operate (vehicle); start
head; chief; first (occasion)
head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad.
(
開首
)
開
首
simp.
(
开首
)
开
首
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
kāishǒu
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄎㄞ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
hoi
1
sau
1
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
kāishǒu
Zhuyin
:
ㄎㄞ ㄕㄡˇ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
kaishǒu
Wade–Giles
:
kʻai
1
-shou
3
Yale
:
kāi-shǒu
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
kaishoou
Palladius
:
кайшоу
(kajšou)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
hoi
1
sau
1
Yale
:
h
ō
i s
ā
u
Cantonese Pinyin
:
hoi
1
sau
1
Guangdong Romanization
:
hoi
1
seo
1
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/hɔːi̯
⁵⁵
sɐu̯
⁵⁵
/
Noun
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開首
beginning
;
outset
;
start
;
opening
Verb
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開首
(
Beijing Mandarin
)
to
start
; to
begin
; to
commence
Synonyms
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伊始
(
yīshǐ
)
(
literary
)
權輿
/
权舆
(
quányú
)
(
literary
)
發端
/
发端
(
fāduān
)
發軔
/
发轫
(
fārèn
)
(
literary
)
肇始
(
zhàoshǐ
)
(
literary
)
肇端
(
zhàoduān
)
(
literary
)
萌
(
literary, or in compounds
)
起始
(
qǐshǐ
)
起手
(
Cantonese
,
Eastern Min
)
起頭
/
起头
(
qǐtóu
)
開始
/
开始
(
kāishǐ
)