起手

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Chinese

to rise; to raise; to get up hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (起手) 起 手
simp. #(起手) 起 手

Pronunciation

Verb

起手

  1. to put one's hand to; to set about
  2. to start armed struggle; to rise in rebellion
  3. (Cantonese, Eastern Min) to begin; to start
  4. (dialectal Mandarin, Singapore Hokkien) to raise one's hand

Synonyms

  • (to get started):
  • (to start an armed struggle):
  • (to begin):
  • (to raise one's hand):
Dialectal synonyms of 舉手 (“to put up one's hand; to raise one's hand”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 舉手
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 舉手
Taiwan 舉手
Chengde 舉手
Chifeng 舉手
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 舉手
Heihe 舉手
Qiqihar 舉手
Harbin 舉手
Jiamusi 舉手
Baicheng 舉手
Changchun 舉手
Tonghua 舉手
Shenyang 舉手
Jinzhou 舉手
Singapore 舉手
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 舉手
Tangshan 舉手
Cangzhou 舉手
Baoding 舉手
Shijiazhuang 舉手
Lijin 舉手
Jinan 舉手
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 舉手
Dandong 舉手
Yantai 舉手
Yantai (Muping) 舉手
Qingdao 舉手
Zhucheng 舉手
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 舉手
Lingbao 舉手
Jining 舉手
Linfen 舉手
Shangqiu 舉手
Yuanyang 舉手
Zhengzhou 舉手
Xinyang 舉手
Baihe 舉手
Xi'an 舉手, 奓手
Baoji 舉手
Tianshui 舉手
Xining 舉手
Xuzhou 舉手
Fuyang 舉手
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 舉手
Lanzhou 舉手
Dunhuang 舉手, 抬起手
Hami 舉手
Ürümqi 舉手
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 舉手, 㧯手
Nanchong 舉手
Hanyuan 舉手, 㧯手
Xichang 舉手
Zigong 舉手, 㧯手
Chongqing 舉手
Wuhan 舉手
Yichang 舉手
Xiangyang 舉手
Tianmen 舉手
Guiyang 舉手
Zunyi 舉手
Bijie 舉手, 㧯手
Liping 抬起手
Zhaotong 拄手
Dali 舉手
Kunming 舉手
Mengzi 起手
Guilin 舉手
Liuzhou 舉手
Jishou 舉手
Changde 舉手
Hanzhong 舉手
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 舉手
Yangzhou 舉手
Lianyungang 舉手
Lianshui 舉手
Nantong 舉手
Anqing 舉手
Wuhu 舉手
Hefei 舉手
Hong'an 舉手
Cantonese Guangzhou 舉手, 擔高手
Hong Kong 舉手
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 舉手
Macau 擔高手
Guangzhou (Panyu) 舉手, 擔高手
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 擔高手
Guangzhou (Conghua) 舉手
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 伸高手
Foshan 舉手, 擔高手
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 遞高隻手
Foshan (Shunde) 擔高手
Foshan (Sanshui) 舉手
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 舉手
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 擔高手
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 擔高手
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 舉手
Zhuhai (Doumen) 舉手
Jiangmen (Baisha) 舉手
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 舉手
Taishan 舉手
Kaiping (Chikan) 舉手
Enping (Niujiang) 舉手
Heshan (Yayao) 舉手
Dongguan 擔高手, 舉手
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 擔高手
Gan Nanchang 舉手
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 舉手
Dongguan (Qingxi) 擔高手
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 舉手
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 舉手
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 舉手
Yudu 舉手
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 擎手
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 擎手, 比手, 迎手
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 擎手
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 擎手
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 擎手
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 擎手
Huizhou Jixi 舉手
Shexian 舉手
Jin Taiyuan 舉手
Yangyuan 舉手, 擩起手
Datong 舉手
Xinzhou 舉手, 擩起手
Lüliang (Lishi) 舉手
Changzhi 舉手
Linhe 舉手
Jining 舉手
Hohhot 舉手
Erenhot 舉手
Pingshan 舉手
Zhangjiakou 舉手
Handan 舉手
Linzhou 舉手
Suide 舉手, 奓手
Northern Min Jian'ou 掇手
Eastern Min Fuzhou 舉手
Southern Min Xiamen 攑手
Quanzhou 攑手
Zhangzhou 攑手
Zhao'an 攑手
Kaohsiung 攑手
Yilan 攑手
Changhua (Lukang) 攑手
Taichung 攑手
Taichung (Wuqi) 攑手
Tainan 攑手
Taitung 攑手
Hsinchu 攑手
Penghu (Magong) 攑手
Singapore (Hokkien) 起手
Manila (Hokkien) 攑手
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 擔懸手
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 舉手
Wu Shanghai 舉手
Suzhou 舉手
Danyang 舉手
Hangzhou 舉手
Jinhua 舉手

Adverb

起手

  1. at first; initially; in the beginning; originally

Synonyms

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