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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
起始
- to originate; to stem from; to initiate
Synonyms
- 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)
- 起手 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
- 起頭/起头 (qǐtóu)
- 開始/开始 (kāishǐ)
- 開首/开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing Mandarin)
Adverb
起始
- at first; at the beginning; initially
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)
Noun
起始
- origin; initiation
Synonyms
- 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
- 序幕 (xùmù) (figurative)
- 發端/发端 (fāduān)
- 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
- 萌 (literary)
- 起頭/起头 (qǐtóu)
- 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)
Derived terms