端緒

See also: 端绪

Chinese

		end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular	beginnings; clues; mental state beginnings; clues; mental state; thread
trad. (端緒)		端	緒
simp. (端绪)		端	绪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duānxù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢ ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dyun¹ seoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duānxù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢ ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duansyù
    • Wade–Giles: tuan¹-hsü⁴
    • Yale: dwān-syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duanshiuh
    • Palladius: дуаньсюй (duanʹsjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯än⁵⁵ ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dyun¹ seoi⁵
    • Yale: dyūn séuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dyn¹ soey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dün¹ sêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyːn⁵⁵ sɵy̯¹³/

Noun

端緒

1. (literary) inkling; clue

Japanese

Kanji in this term
端	緒
たん Grade: S	しょ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
端緖 (kyūjitai)

Noun

端(たん)緒(しょ) • (tansho) 

1. clue; start; beginning