初潮

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	tide; current; damp tide; current; damp; moist; humid
simp. and trad. (初潮)		初	潮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūcháo

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄔㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ ciu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūcháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chucháo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chʻao²
    • Yale: chū-cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchaur
    • Palladius: чучао (čučao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūcháor
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄔㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chucháor
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chʻao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chū-cháur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchaurl
    • Palladius: чучаор (čučaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰaʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ ciu⁴
    • Yale: chō chìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ tsiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ qiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːu̯²¹/

Noun

初潮

1. (gynaecology) menarche; first menstruation

Synonyms

• 初經／初经 (chūjīng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	潮
しょ Grade: 4	ちょう Grade: 6
kan’on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょちょー [shòchóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

初(しょ)潮(ちょう) • (shochō) 

1. (gynaecology) menarche; first menstruation

Synonyms

• 初経(しょけい) (shokei)