起錨

See also: 起锚

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	anchor
trad. (起錨)		起	錨
simp. (起锚)		起	锚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐmáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² naau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-bâu
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chi ⁶mau; ⁵chi-mau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐmáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐmáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-mao²
    • Yale: chǐ-máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiimau
    • Palladius: цимао (cimao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐmáor
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄇㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐmáor
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-mao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: chǐ-máur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiimaul
    • Palladius: цимаор (cimaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ maʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² naau⁴
    • Yale: héi nàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² naau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² nao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ naːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-bâu
    • Tâi-lô: khí-bâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'baau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bau¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bau²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bau²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵chi ⁶mau; ⁵chi-mau
    • MiniDict: chi^去 mau^去; chi^去 mau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi ³mau; ²qi-mau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴  mɔ²³/, /t͡ɕʰi³³ mɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

起錨

1. (nautical) to raise anchor; to weigh anchor

Synonyms

• 拔錨／拔锚 (bámáo)
• (Hokkien) 起碇

Phrase

起錨

1. “Act Now” (slogan used by the Hong Kong Government in 2010)