始終

See also: 始终

Chinese

		begin	end; finish
trad. (始終)		始	終
simp. (始终)		始	终
anagram		終始／终始

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǐzhōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄓㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² zung¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-chûng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-chiong
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵sy-tson

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǐzhōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhjhong
    • Wade–Giles: shih³-chung¹
    • Yale: shř-jūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyjong
    • Palladius: шичжун (šičžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci² zung¹
    • Yale: chí jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi² zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-chûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii` zung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si³ zung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chiong
    • Tâi-lô: sí-tsiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: syciofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵sy-tson
    • MiniDict: sy^去 tson
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-tson
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ t͡soŋ⁴⁴/

Adverb

始終

1. throughout; consistently; from beginning to end

   他們在比賽中始終佔優。 [MSC, trad.]
   他们在比赛中始终占优。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tāmen zài bǐsài zhōng shǐzhōng zhànyōu. [Pinyin]

   They were on top throughout the match.

   • 刊行以來，這本書在港、臺及世界各地的華人中始終擁有廣大的讀者群。 [MSC, trad.]
     刊行以来，这本书在港、台及世界各地的华人中始终拥有广大的读者群。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1965: Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People, Editor's Preface

     Kānxíng yǐlái, zhè běn shū zài Gǎng, Tái jí shìjiè gèdì de huárén zhōng shǐzhōng yōngyǒu guǎngdà de dúzhěqún. [Pinyin]

     Since publication, this book has consistently had a large readership in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Chinese communities the world over.

2. eventually; one day

   佢始終會去多倫多。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢始终会去多伦多。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ ci² zung¹ wui⁵ heoi³ do¹ leon⁴ do¹. [Jyutping]

   One day, he will go to Toronto.

Synonyms

• (throughout):

• 一向 (yīxiàng)
• 一直 (yīzhí)
• 一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
• 一路 (yīlù)
• 一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
• 不嬲 (bat¹ lau¹) (Cantonese)
• 取總／取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
• 向來／向来 (xiànglái)
• 少來／少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
• 從來／从来 (cónglái)
• 從到今／从到今 (Hokkien)
• 歷來／历来 (lìlái)
• 牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
• 直直 (Hokkien)
• 素來／素来 (sùlái) (literary)
• 終始／终始 (zhōngshǐ)
• 跇頭／跇头 (Eastern Min)
• 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)

 

• (eventually):

• 到尾 (Eastern Min)
• 到底 (dàodǐ)
• 卒之 (zeot¹ zi¹) (Cantonese)
• 算是 (suànshì)
• 終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 終久／终久 (zhōngjiǔ)
• 終於／终于 (zhōngyú)
• 終歸／终归 (zhōngguī)
• 終究／终究 (zhōngjiū)
• 終須／终须 (zung¹ seoi¹) (Cantonese)
• 總是／总是 (zǒngshì)
• 總歸／总归 (zǒngguī)
• 總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)
• 高低 (gāodī)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
始	終
し Grade: 3	しゅう > じゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Adverb

始(し)終(じゅう) • (shijū) 

1. beginning to end, continuously
2. finally

Noun

始(し)終(じゅう) • (shijū) 

1. the beginning and the end
2. conclusion

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
始	終

Adverb

始終

1. chữ Hán form of thuỷ chung (“with marital fidelity”).

Adjective

始終

1. chữ Hán form of thuỷ chung (“maritally loyal”).