"起初" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Chinese]

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /hi³¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /hi³¹ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei, Xiamen], /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔ³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰo³³/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/, /hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/, /hi³¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/, /hi³¹ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/, /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/, /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/, /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔ³³/, /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/, /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/, /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰo³³/, /t͡ɕʰi³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: qǐchū [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hei² co¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], hí-chhû [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], hi³ ci¹ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], khí-chho͘ [Hokkien, POJ], khí-chhe [Hokkien, POJ], khí-chhoe [Hokkien, POJ], ki² co¹ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵chi-tshu, qǐchū [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], cǐchu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chʻi³-chʻu¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], chǐ-chū [Mandarin, Yale], chiichu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], цичу [Mandarin, Palladius], ciču [Mandarin, Palladius], héi chō [Cantonese, Yale], hei² tso¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], héi² co¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], hí-chhû [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], hi` cu´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], hi³ cu¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], khí-tshoo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qyzhof [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khí-tshe [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qyzhef [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khí-tshue [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qyzhoef [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khí tsho [POJ, Teochew], ⁵chi-tshu [Wu], chi^去 tshu [Wu], ²qi-tshu [Wu], /t͡ɕʰi³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 起初
  1. at first; initially; in the beginning; originally; at the outset
    Sense id: en-起初-zh-adv-GjHLaYyw Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin Synonyms: 一插手兒 (yīchāshǒur) [Beijing, Mandarin], 一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) [Beijing, Mandarin], 一開始 (yīkāishǐ), 一开始 (yīkāishǐ), 上頭仔 [Hokkien], 上头仔 [Hokkien], 乍出猛兒 (zhàchūměngr) [Beijing, Mandarin], 乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) [Beijing, Mandarin], 先前 (1shi-zhi) [Wu], 先起頭 [Wu], 先起头 [Wu], 先頭 [Wu], 先头 [Wu], 最初 (zuìchū), 初初 (co1 co1) [Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien], 劈頭 (pītóu), 劈头 (pītóu), (yuán), 原來 (yuánlái), 原来 (yuánlái), 原先 (yuánxiān), 原初 (yuánchū), 原底 [Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew], 原旦 [Hakka], 原本 (yuánběn), 原本榻裡 [Wu], 原本榻里 (6gnioe-pen-thaq-li) [Wu], 在本 [Hokkien], 始初 (shǐchū) [literary], 寢頭 [Hokkien], 寝头 [Hokkien], 就跟兒 (jiùgēnr) [Beijing, Mandarin], 就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) [Beijing, Mandarin], 早先 (5tsau-shi) [Wu], 本來 (běnlái), 本来 (běnlái), 本則來 [Wu], 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 (dāngchū), 当初 (dāngchū), 當初時 [Hokkien], 当初时 [Hokkien], 當原初 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 当原初 [Hokkien, Quanzhou, Xiamen], 自本 [Hokkien], 舊底 [Hokkien], 旧底 [Hokkien], 起先 (qǐxiān), 起始 (qǐshǐ), 起手 (qǐshǒu), 起頭 (qǐtóu), 起头 (qǐtóu), 起首 (qǐshǒu) [Cantonese, Guangzhou, literary], 開先 (kai1 sienn1) [Xiang], 开先 (kai1 sienn1) [Xiang], 開初 (kāichū), 开初 (kāichū), 頭仔 [Hokkien], 头仔 [Hokkien], 頭起先 [Hokkien], 头起先 [Hokkien], 頭頭 [Cantonese, Eastern, Hokkien, Min], 头头 [Cantonese, Eastern, Hokkien, Min]

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zuìhòu",
      "word": "最後"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zuìhòu",
      "word": "最后"
    }
  ],
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      },
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.",
          "ref": "The Bible, Genesis 1:1",
          "text": "起初神創造天地。 [MSC, trad.]\n起初神创造天地。 [MSC, simp.]\nQǐchū Shén chuàngzào tiāndì. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "at first; initially; in the beginning; originally; at the outset"
      ],
      "id": "en-起初-zh-adv-GjHLaYyw",
      "links": [
        [
          "at first",
          "at first"
        ],
        [
          "initially",
          "initially"
        ],
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "originally",
          "originally"
        ],
        [
          "outset",
          "outset"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "yīchāshǒur",
          "tags": [
            "Beijing",
            "Mandarin"
          ],
          "word": "一插手兒"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīchāshǒur",
          "tags": [
            "Beijing",
            "Mandarin"
          ],
          "word": "一插手儿"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīkāishǐ",
          "word": "一開始"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīkāishǐ",
          "word": "一开始"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "上頭仔"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "上头仔"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhàchūměngr",
          "tags": [
            "Beijing",
            "Mandarin"
          ],
          "word": "乍出猛兒"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhàchūměngr",
          "tags": [
            "Beijing",
            "Mandarin"
          ],
          "word": "乍出猛儿"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "先前 (1shi-zhi)"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "先起頭"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "先起头"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "先頭"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "先头"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zuìchū",
          "word": "最初"
        },
        {
          "roman": "co1 co1",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hakka",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "初初"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pītóu",
          "word": "劈頭"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pītóu",
          "word": "劈头"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuán",
          "word": "原"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuánlái",
          "word": "原來"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuánlái",
          "word": "原来"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuánxiān",
          "word": "原先"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuánchū",
          "word": "原初"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hokkien",
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "原底"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "原旦"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuánběn",
          "word": "原本"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "原本榻裡"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "原本榻里 (6gnioe-pen-thaq-li)"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "在本"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shǐchū",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "始初"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "寢頭"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "寝头"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiùgēnr",
          "tags": [
            "Beijing",
            "Mandarin"
          ],
          "word": "就跟兒"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiùgēnr",
          "tags": [
            "Beijing",
            "Mandarin"
          ],
          "word": "就跟儿"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "早先 (5tsau-shi)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "běnlái",
          "word": "本來"
        },
        {
          "roman": "běnlái",
          "word": "本来"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "本則來"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "本则来 (5pen-tseq-le)"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "本底"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "本底子 (5pen-ti-tsy)"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "本成"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "本然"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "本生 (5pen-san)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dāngchū",
          "word": "當初"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dāngchū",
          "word": "当初"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "當初時"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "当初时"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Quanzhou",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "當原初"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Quanzhou",
            "Xiamen"
          ],
          "word": "当原初"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "自本"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "舊底"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "旧底"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǐxiān",
          "word": "起先"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǐshǐ",
          "word": "起始"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǐshǒu",
          "word": "起手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǐtóu",
          "word": "起頭"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǐtóu",
          "word": "起头"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǐshǒu",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "起首"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kai1 sienn1",
          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "開先"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kai1 sienn1",
          "tags": [
            "Xiang"
          ],
          "word": "开先"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāichū",
          "word": "開初"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāichū",
          "word": "开初"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "頭仔"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "头仔"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "頭起先"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "头起先"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Eastern",
            "Hokkien",
            "Min"
          ],
          "word": "頭頭"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Eastern",
            "Hokkien",
            "Min"
          ],
          "word": "头头"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qǐchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei² co¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hí-chhû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi³ ci¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-chho͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-chhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki² co¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵chi-tshu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qǐchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cǐchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻi³-chʻu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chǐ-chū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chiichu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цичу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ciču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héi chō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei² tso¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héi² co¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hí-chhû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi` cu´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi³ cu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³¹ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-tshoo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qyzhof"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-tshe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qyzhef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qyzhoef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí tsho"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵chi-tshu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chi^去 tshu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²qi-tshu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡ɕʰi³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ khí-chhe /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³¹ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰo³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "起初"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zuìhòu",
      "word": "最後"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zuìhòu",
      "word": "最后"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "起初",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese adverbs",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese terms with audio links",
        "Chinese adverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hakka adverbs",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hokkien adverbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Intermediate Mandarin",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with audio links",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Teochew adverbs",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Wu adverbs",
        "Wu lemmas"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.",
          "ref": "The Bible, Genesis 1:1",
          "text": "起初神創造天地。 [MSC, trad.]\n起初神创造天地。 [MSC, simp.]\nQǐchū Shén chuàngzào tiāndì. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "at first; initially; in the beginning; originally; at the outset"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "at first",
          "at first"
        ],
        [
          "initially",
          "initially"
        ],
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "originally",
          "originally"
        ],
        [
          "outset",
          "outset"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qǐchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei² co¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hí-chhû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi³ ci¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-chho͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-chhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ki² co¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵chi-tshu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qǐchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cǐchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻi³-chʻu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chǐ-chū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chiichu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цичу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ciču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héi chō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei² tso¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héi² co¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hí-chhû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi` cu´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hi³ cu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³¹ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-tshoo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qyzhof"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-tshe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qyzhef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí-tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qyzhoef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khí tsho"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵chi-tshu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chi^去 tshu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²qi-tshu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/t͡ɕʰi³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ khí-chhe /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³¹ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰo³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yīchāshǒur",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "一插手兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīchāshǒur",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "一插手儿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīkāishǐ",
      "word": "一開始"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīkāishǐ",
      "word": "一开始"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "上頭仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "上头仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhàchūměngr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "乍出猛兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhàchūměngr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "乍出猛儿"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先前 (1shi-zhi)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先起頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先起头"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zuìchū",
      "word": "最初"
    },
    {
      "roman": "co1 co1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "初初"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pītóu",
      "word": "劈頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pītóu",
      "word": "劈头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuán",
      "word": "原"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánlái",
      "word": "原來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánlái",
      "word": "原来"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánxiān",
      "word": "原先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánchū",
      "word": "原初"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hokkien",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "原底"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "原旦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuánběn",
      "word": "原本"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "原本榻裡"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "原本榻里 (6gnioe-pen-thaq-li)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "在本"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǐchū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "始初"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "寢頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "寝头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiùgēnr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "就跟兒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiùgēnr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "就跟儿"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "早先 (5tsau-shi)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "běnlái",
      "word": "本來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "běnlái",
      "word": "本来"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本則來"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本则来 (5pen-tseq-le)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本底"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本底子 (5pen-ti-tsy)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本成"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本然"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本生 (5pen-san)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dāngchū",
      "word": "當初"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dāngchū",
      "word": "当初"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "當初時"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "当初时"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "當原初"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "当原初"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "自本"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "舊底"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "旧底"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐxiān",
      "word": "起先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐshǐ",
      "word": "起始"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐshǒu",
      "word": "起手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐshǒu",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "起首"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kai1 sienn1",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "開先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kai1 sienn1",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "开先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāichū",
      "word": "開初"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāichū",
      "word": "开初"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "頭仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "头仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "頭起先"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "头起先"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Eastern",
        "Hokkien",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "頭頭"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Eastern",
        "Hokkien",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "头头"
    }
  ],
  "word": "起初"
}

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