更始

Chinese

		to change; more; even more to change; more; even more; further; still; still more	begin
trad. (更始)		更	始
simp. #(更始)		更	始

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēngshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥ ㄕˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēngshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gengshǐh
    • Wade–Giles: kêng¹-shih³
    • Yale: gēng-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengshyy
    • Palladius: гэнши (gɛnši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

更始

1. (literary) to start over; to begin again

Proper noun

更始

1. Emperor Gengshi of Han