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Chinese
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to rise; to raise; to get up
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initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic |
| trad. (起初)
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起
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初
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| simp. #(起初)
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起
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初
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| anagram
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初起
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Pronunciation
Adverb
起初
- at first; initially; in the beginning; originally; at the outset
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)
- 起始 (qǐshǐ)
- 起手 (qǐshǒu)
- 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
- 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)
Antonyms