首尾

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	tail
simp. and trad. (首尾)		首	尾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² mei⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-bér / siú-bé / siú-bóe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuwěi [Phonetic: shóuwěi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuwěi
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-wei³
    • Yale: shǒu-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouwoei
    • Palladius: шоувэй (šouvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² mei⁵
    • Yale: sáu méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-bér
    • Tâi-lô: siú-bér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-bé
    • Tâi-lô: siú-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'bea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-bóe
    • Tâi-lô: siú-bué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'boea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue⁵³/

Noun

首尾

1. from beginning to end
2. the head and the tail; the beginning and the end

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (首尾):

• → Japanese: 首尾(しゅび) (shubi)
• → Korean: 수미(首尾) (sumi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
首	尾
しゅ Grade: 2	び Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

首(しゅ)尾(び) • (shubi) 

1. from beginning to end
2. result

Derived terms

• 上首尾
• 不首尾
• 首尾一貫
• 首尾貫徹
• 首尾良く