初始

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	begin
trad. (初始)		初	始
simp. #(初始)		初	始
anagram		始初

Pronunciation

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• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ ci²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): co¹ si²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄕˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chushǐh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-shih³
    • Yale: chū-shř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushyy
    • Palladius: чуши (čuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ ci²
    • Yale: chō chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: co¹ si²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsho sí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo³³⁻²³ si⁵²/

Noun

初始

1. beginning; outset; start

Adjective

初始

1. (attributive) initial; original

Derived terms

• 初始化 (chūshǐhuà)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	始
しょ Grade: 4	し Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ɕi]

Noun

初(しょ)始(し) • (shoshi) 

1. beginning, origin

   新(しん)時(じ)代(だい)の初(しょ)始(し)

   shinjidai no shoshi

   beginning of the new era

   初(しょ)始(し)段(だん)階(かい)

   shoshi dankai

   the initial stage

Synonyms

• 始(はじ)まり (hajimari)

Antonyms

• 終(しゅう)末(まつ) (shūmatsu, “end”)