"原初" meaning in Chinese

See 原初 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jyːn²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/, /jyːn²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/, /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue³³/, /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: yuánchū [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄩㄢˊ ㄔㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jyun⁴ co¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], goân-chhoe, yuánchū [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yuánchu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yüan²-chʻu¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ywán-chū [Mandarin, Yale], yuanchu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], юаньчу [Mandarin, Palladius], juanʹču [Mandarin, Palladius], yùhn chō [Cantonese, Yale], jyn⁴ tso¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yun⁴ co¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], goân-chhoe [Hokkien, POJ], guân-tshue [Hokkien, Tai-lo], goanzhoef [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 原初
  1. (attributive) original; initial; primordial; pristine Tags: attributive
    Sense id: en-原初-zh-adj-g2-8LAPY Categories (other): Chinese links with redundant alt parameters, Chinese links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 原先 (yuánxiān)

Adverb

IPA: /ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jyːn²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/, /jyːn²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/, /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue³³/, /ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: yuánchū [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄩㄢˊ ㄔㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jyun⁴ co¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], goân-chhoe, yuánchū [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yuánchu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yüan²-chʻu¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ywán-chū [Mandarin, Yale], yuanchu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], юаньчу [Mandarin, Palladius], juanʹču [Mandarin, Palladius], yùhn chō [Cantonese, Yale], jyn⁴ tso¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yun⁴ co¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], goân-chhoe [Hokkien, POJ], guân-tshue [Hokkien, Tai-lo], goanzhoef [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 原初
  1. (Mandarin, Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) originally; formerly; at first Tags: Hokkien, Mandarin, Quanzhou, Xiamen
    Sense id: en-原初-zh-adv-t9c6uHfO Categories (other): Mandarin Chinese, Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 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 (1xi-xxi) [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), 原底 [Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew], 原旦 [Hakka], 原本 (yuánběn), 原本榻裡 [Wu], 原本榻里 (3nyyoe-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 (2tsau-xi) [Wu], 本來 (běnlái), 本来 (běnlái), 本則來 [Wu, dated], 本则来 (2pen-tseq-le) [Wu, dated], 本底 [Hokkien], 本底子 (2pen-ti-tsr) [Wu, dated], 本成 [Hokkien], 本然 [Hokkien], 本生 (2pen-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), 起初 (qǐchū), 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]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 原先 (yuánxiān)

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      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄔㄨ"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "yun⁴ co¹"
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      "zh-pron": "guân-tshue"
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        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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        "Xiamen"
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      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/"
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        {
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        {
          "roman": "zhàchūměngr",
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
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          "word": "先頭"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "先头"
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        {
          "roman": "zuìchū",
          "word": "最初"
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        {
          "roman": "co1 co1",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hakka",
            "Hokkien"
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          "word": "初初"
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        {
          "roman": "pītóu",
          "word": "劈頭"
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        {
          "roman": "pītóu",
          "word": "劈头"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuán",
          "word": "原"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuánlái",
          "word": "原來"
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        {
          "roman": "yuánlái",
          "word": "原来"
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        {
          "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 (3nyyoe-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 (2tsau-xi)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "běnlái",
          "word": "本來"
        },
        {
          "roman": "běnlái",
          "word": "本来"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "本則來"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "本则来 (2pen-tseq-le)"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "本底"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "本底子 (2pen-ti-tsr)"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "本成"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "本然"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "本生 (2pen-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": "qǐchū",
          "word": "起初"
        },
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Mandarin",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuánchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyun⁴ co¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "goân-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuánchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuánchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yüan²-chʻu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ywán-chū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuanchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юаньчу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "juanʹču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yùhn chō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyn⁴ tso¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yun⁴ co¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goân-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guân-tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goanzhoef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yuánxiān",
      "word": "原先"
    }
  ],
  "word": "原初"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "原初",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese terms with quotations",
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "lose its original Olympian spirit",
          "ref": "失去原初的奧運精神 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]",
          "text": "失去原初的奥运精神 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]\nFrom: 香港01, 羽毛球男雙奪銀也是「國恥」? 大陸毋須計較輸給台灣\nsat¹ heoi³ jyun⁴ co¹ dik¹ ou³ wan⁶ zing¹ san⁴ [Jyutping]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "original; initial; primordial; pristine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ],
        [
          "initial",
          "initial"
        ],
        [
          "primordial",
          "primordial"
        ],
        [
          "pristine",
          "pristine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(attributive) original; initial; primordial; pristine"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuánchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyun⁴ co¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "goân-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuánchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuánchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yüan²-chʻu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ywán-chū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuanchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юаньчу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "juanʹču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yùhn chō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyn⁴ tso¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yun⁴ co¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goân-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guân-tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goanzhoef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yuánxiān",
      "word": "原先"
    }
  ],
  "word": "原初"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "原初",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin Chinese",
        "Quanzhou Hokkien",
        "Xiamen Hokkien"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "originally; formerly; at first"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "originally",
          "originally"
        ],
        [
          "formerly",
          "formerly"
        ],
        [
          "at first",
          "at first"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mandarin, Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) originally; formerly; at first"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Mandarin",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuánchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄩㄢˊ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyun⁴ co¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "goân-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuánchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuánchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yüan²-chʻu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ywán-chū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yuanchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "юаньчу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "juanʹču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yùhn chō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyn⁴ tso¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yun⁴ co¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goân-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "guân-tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "goanzhoef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɥɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jyːn²¹ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡuan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "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 (1xi-xxi)"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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 (3nyyoe-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 (2tsau-xi)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "běnlái",
      "word": "本來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "běnlái",
      "word": "本来"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "本則來"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "本则来 (2pen-tseq-le)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本底"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "本底子 (2pen-ti-tsr)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本成"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本然"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本生 (2pen-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": "qǐchū",
      "word": "起初"
    },
    {
      "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": "原初"
}

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