起頭

See also: 起头

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (起頭)		起	頭
simp. (起头)		起	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐtóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² tau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hí-thèu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hi³ têu²

• Eastern Min (BUC): kī-tàu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khí-thâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki² tao⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chi-deu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐtóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐtóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-tʻou²
    • Yale: chǐ-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiitour
    • Palladius: цитоу (citou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² tau⁴
    • Yale: héi tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-thèu
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi` teuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ teu²
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hi³ têu²
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ tʰeu¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kī-tàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi³³⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)lau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: khí-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'taau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki² tao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí thâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵chi-deu
    • MiniDict: chi^去 deu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi-deu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³³ dɤ⁴⁴/

Verb

起頭

1. to take the lead; to show initiative; to be the first; to set an example
2. to begin; to start; to commence

Synonyms

• (to take the lead):

• 帶頭／带头 (dàitóu)
• 打頭陣／打头阵 (dǎ tóuzhèn)
• 拉頭纜／拉头缆 (laai¹ tau⁴ laam⁶) (Cantonese)
• 拍頭陣／拍头阵 (pah⁴ tao⁵ ding⁷) (Teochew)
• 㧣頭陣／㧣头阵 (Hokkien)
• 擎頭／擎头 (Hakka)
• 牽頭／牵头 (qiāntóu)
• 率先 (shuàixiān)
• 領頭／领头 (lǐngtóu) (colloquial)

 

• (to begin):

• 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
• 權輿／权舆 (quányú) (literary)
• 發端／发端 (fāduān)
• 發軔／发轫 (fārèn) (literary)
• 肇始 (zhàoshǐ) (literary)
• 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
• 萌 (literary, or in compounds)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起手 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
• 開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
• 開首／开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing Mandarin)

 

Derived terms

• 萬事起頭難／万事起头难 (wànshì qǐtóu nán)

 

Noun

起頭

1. beginning

Synonyms

• 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
• 序幕 (xùmù) (figurative)
• 發端／发端 (fāduān)
• 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
• 萌 (literary)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起頭先／起头先 (kī-tàu-sĕng) (Eastern Min)
• 開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
• 開端／开端 (kāiduān)
• 開頭／开头 (kāitóu)
• 首端 (shǒuduān)

 

Adverb

起頭

1. in the beginning; at first; originally

Synonyms

• 一插手兒／一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
• 上頭仔／上头仔 (Hokkien)
• 乍出猛兒／乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 先前 (¹shi-zhi) (Wu)
• 先起頭／先起头 (Wu)
• 先頭／先头 (Wu)
• 最初 (zuìchū)
• 初初 (co¹ co¹) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
• 劈頭／劈头 (pītóu)
• 原 (yuán)
• 原來／原来 (yuánlái)
• 原先 (yuánxiān)
• 原初 (yuánchū)
• 原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
• 原旦 (Hakka)
• 原本 (yuánběn)
• 原本榻裡／原本榻里 (⁶gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
• 在本 (Hokkien)
• 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
• 寢頭／寝头 (Hokkien)
• 就跟兒／就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 早先 (⁵tsau-shi) (Wu)
• 本來／本来 (běnlái)
• 本則來／本则来 (⁵pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
• 本底 (Hokkien)
• 本底子 (⁵pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
• 本成 (Hokkien)
• 本然 (Hokkien)
• 本生 (⁵pen-san) (Wu)
• 當初／当初 (dāngchū)
• 當初時／当初时 (Hokkien)
• 當原初／当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 自本 (Hokkien)
• 舊底／旧底 (Hokkien)
• 起先 (qǐxiān)
• 起初 (qǐchū)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• 起手 (qǐshǒu)
• 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
• 開先／开先 (kai¹ sienn¹) (Xiang)
• 開初／开初 (kāichū)
• 頭仔／头仔 (Hokkien)
• 頭起先／头起先 (Hokkien)
• 頭頭／头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)