"當初" meaning in Chinese

See 當初 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /toŋ⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵³/ [Hailu, Hakka, Sinological-IPA, Zhudong], /tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰɔ³³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Singapore, Xiamen], /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Singapore, Zhangzhou], /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan, Taipei], /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰue³³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /tɯŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰo³³/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /tɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡sʰu²¹/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /tɑ̃⁴⁴ t͡sʰu/ [Northern, Sinological-IPA, Suzhou, Wu], /tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/, /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/, /toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/, /toŋ⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵³/, /tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰɔ³³/, /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/, /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/, /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/, /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/, /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/, /tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰue³³/, /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/, /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/, /tɯŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰo³³/, /tɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡sʰu²¹/, /tɑ̃⁴⁴ t͡sʰu/ Chinese transliterations: dāngchū [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo], dong¹ co¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], tông-chhû [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], dong^ˋ cu^ˋ [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], tng-chho͘ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tong-chho͘ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tng-chhoe [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tng-chhe [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], tong-chhoe [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], deng¹ co¹ [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], ¹taon-tshu₁, dāngchū [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], dangchu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], tang¹-chʻu¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], dāng-chū [Mandarin, Yale, standard], dangchu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], данчу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], danču [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], dōng chō [Cantonese, Yale], dong¹ tso¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], dong¹ co¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], tông-chhû [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], dong^ˊ cu^ˊ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], dong¹ cu¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], dong^ˋ cu^ˋ [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Zhudong], tng-tshoo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], dngzhof [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], tong-tshoo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], dongzhof [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], tng-tshue [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], dngzhoef [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], tng-tshe [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], dngzhef [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], tong-tshue [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], dongzhoef [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], tṳng tsho [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], ¹taon-tshu₁ [Northern, Wu], taon^平 tshu^平 [Northern, Wu], ¹taan-tshu₁ [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, Wu] Forms: 当初
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 當初
  1. originally; at first; at that time; at the outset; in the first place
    Sense id: en-當初-zh-adv-1EYIaBry Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Intermediate Mandarin, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Time Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 99 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 99 1 Disambiguation of Time: 51 49
  2. previously; formerly; once upon a time; in the past
    Sense id: en-當初-zh-adv-Gs8UXoyw Categories (other): Intermediate Mandarin, Time Disambiguation of Intermediate Mandarin: 55 45 Disambiguation of Time: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 既有今日,何必當初 (jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū), 既有今日,何必当初 (jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū), 早知今日,何必當初 / 早知今日,何必当初 (zǎozhī jīnrì, hébì dāngchū)
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-zhi6) [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], 初起 (chūqǐ) [Jinjiang-Hokkien], 初逢 [Jinjiang-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, Puxian-Min], 本底子 (5pen-ti-tsy) [Wu], 本成 [Hokkien, Puxian-Min], 本然 [Hokkien, Puxian-Min], 本生 (5pen-san) [Wu], 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], 見面 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 见面 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-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], 上早 [Hakka], 以前 (yǐqián), 以早 (ī-cā) [Eastern, Min, Taiwanese-Hokkien], 先前 (xiānqián), 先行 (xiānxíng) [literary], 其先 (qíxiān) [literary], 前仔 [Hokkien, Tainan], 前往 (qiánwǎng) [literary], 原在 [Hakka], 古者 (gǔzhě) [archaic], 向來 (xiànglái) [archaic], 向来 (xiànglái) [archaic], (cháng) (english: or used in compounds) [literary], (cháng) (english: or used in compounds) [literary], 在前 (zàiqián), 家先 [Hakka], 往擺 [Hakka, Hokkien], 往摆 [Hakka, Hokkien], 往擺仔 [Hokkien], 往摆仔 [Hokkien], 往者 (wǎngzhě) [literary], 往過 [Hokkien], 往过 [Hokkien], 往過仔 [Hokkien], 往过仔 [Hokkien], 從前 (cóngqián), 从前 (cóngqián), 早先 (zǎoxiān), 早年所 [Hokkien], 早時 [Hokkien], 早时 [Hokkien], 昔日 (xīrì) [literary], 昔時 (xīshí) [literary], 昔时 (xīshí) [literary], , 曾經 (céngjīng), 曾经 (céngjīng), 舊擺 [Hokkien, Singapore], 旧摆 [Hokkien, Singapore], 舊早 [Hokkien, Singapore], 旧早 [Hokkien, Singapore], 過前 [Hainanese], 过前 [Hainanese]
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
      "word": "既有今日,何必當初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
      "word": "既有今日,何必当初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zǎozhī jīnrì, hébì dāngchū",
      "word": "早知今日,何必當初 / 早知今日,何必当初"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "当初",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "當初",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "99 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "zh:Time",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "She regrets not learning English well from the outset.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā hěn hòuhuǐ dāngchū méiyǒu xuéhǎo Yīngyǔ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "她很後悔當初沒有學好英語。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "She regrets not learning English well from the outset.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā hěn hòuhuǐ dāngchū méiyǒu xuéhǎo Yīngyǔ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "她很后悔当初没有学好英语。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "originally; at first; at that time; at the outset; in the first place"
      ],
      "id": "en-當初-zh-adv-1EYIaBry",
      "links": [
        [
          "originally",
          "originally"
        ],
        [
          "at first",
          "at first"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "outset",
          "outset"
        ],
        [
          "in the first place",
          "in the first place"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "zh:Time",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "previously; formerly; once upon a time; in the past"
      ],
      "id": "en-當初-zh-adv-Gs8UXoyw",
      "links": [
        [
          "previously",
          "previously"
        ],
        [
          "formerly",
          "formerly"
        ],
        [
          "once upon a time",
          "once upon a time"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ co¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-chhû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong^ˋ cu^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-chho͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-chho͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-chhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "deng¹ co¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹taon-tshu₁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tang¹-chʻu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāng-chū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "данчу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "danču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dōng chō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ tso¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ co¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-chhû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong^ˊ cu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ cu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong^ˋ cu^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-tshoo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngzhof"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰɔ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Singapore",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-tshoo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dongzhof"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Singapore",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngzhoef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰue³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-tshe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngzhef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dongzhoef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tṳng tsho"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɯŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹taon-tshu₁"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "taon^平 tshu^平"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹taan-tshu₁"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡sʰu²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃⁴⁴ t͡sʰu/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Suzhou",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tong-chho͘ /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tng-chhe /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰɔ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰue³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɯŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰo³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡sʰu²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃⁴⁴ t͡sʰu/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yīchāshǒur",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "一插手兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yīchāshǒur",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "一插手儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yīkāishǐ",
      "word": "一開始"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yīkāishǐ",
      "word": "一开始"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "上頭仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "上头仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhàchūměngr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "乍出猛兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhàchūměngr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "乍出猛儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先前 (1shi-zhi6)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先起頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先起头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "先头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zuìchū",
      "word": "最初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "co1 co1",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "初初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chūqǐ",
      "tags": [
        "Jinjiang-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "初起"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Jinjiang-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "初逢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pītóu",
      "word": "劈頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pītóu",
      "word": "劈头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yuán",
      "word": "原"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yuánlái",
      "word": "原來"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yuánlái",
      "word": "原来"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yuánxiān",
      "word": "原先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yuánchū",
      "word": "原初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hokkien",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "原底"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "原旦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yuánběn",
      "word": "原本"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "原本榻裡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "原本榻里 (6gnioe-pen-thaq-li)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "在本"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shǐchū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "始初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "寢頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "寝头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiùgēnr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "就跟兒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiùgēnr",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "就跟儿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "早先 (5tsau-shi)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "běnlái",
      "word": "本來"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "běnlái",
      "word": "本来"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本則來"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本则来 (5pen-tseq-le)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "本底"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本底子 (5pen-ti-tsy)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "本成"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "本然"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本生 (5pen-san)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "當初時"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "当初时"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "當原初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Xiamen"
      ],
      "word": "当原初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "自本"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "舊底"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "旧底"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "見面"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "见面"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐxiān",
      "word": "起先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐchū",
      "word": "起初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐshǐ",
      "word": "起始"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐshǒu",
      "word": "起手"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐshǒu",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "起首"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kai1 sienn1",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "開先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kai1 sienn1",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang"
      ],
      "word": "开先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kāichū",
      "word": "開初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kāichū",
      "word": "开初"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "頭仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "头仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "頭起先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "头起先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Eastern",
        "Hokkien",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "頭頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Eastern",
        "Hokkien",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "头头"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "上早"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǐqián",
      "word": "以前"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ī-cā",
      "tags": [
        "Eastern",
        "Min",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "以早"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiānqián",
      "word": "先前"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiānxíng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先行"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qíxiān",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "其先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "前仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qiánwǎng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "前往"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "原在"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "gǔzhě",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "古者"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiànglái",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "向來"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xiànglái",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "向来"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "or used in compounds",
      "roman": "cháng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "嘗"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "or used in compounds",
      "roman": "cháng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "尝"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zàiqián",
      "word": "在前"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "家先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往擺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往摆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往擺仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往摆仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "wǎngzhě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "往者"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往過"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往过"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往過仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往过仔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cóngqián",
      "word": "從前"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "cóngqián",
      "word": "从前"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zǎoxiān",
      "word": "早先"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "早年所"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "早時"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "早时"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xīrì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "昔日"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xīshí",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "昔時"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xīshí",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "昔时"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "曾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "céngjīng",
      "word": "曾經"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "céngjīng",
      "word": "曾经"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "舊擺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "旧摆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "舊早"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "旧早"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hainanese"
      ],
      "word": "過前"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hainanese"
      ],
      "word": "过前"
    }
  ],
  "word": "當初"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adverbs",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 初",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 當",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Intermediate Mandarin",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Time"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
      "word": "既有今日,何必當初"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū",
      "word": "既有今日,何必当初"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǎozhī jīnrì, hébì dāngchū",
      "word": "早知今日,何必當初 / 早知今日,何必当初"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "当初",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "當初",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "She regrets not learning English well from the outset.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā hěn hòuhuǐ dāngchū méiyǒu xuéhǎo Yīngyǔ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "她很後悔當初沒有學好英語。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              38,
              53
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "She regrets not learning English well from the outset.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Tā hěn hòuhuǐ dāngchū méiyǒu xuéhǎo Yīngyǔ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "她很后悔当初没有学好英语。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "originally; at first; at that time; at the outset; in the first place"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "originally",
          "originally"
        ],
        [
          "at first",
          "at first"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "outset",
          "outset"
        ],
        [
          "in the first place",
          "in the first place"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "previously; formerly; once upon a time; in the past"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "previously",
          "previously"
        ],
        [
          "formerly",
          "formerly"
        ],
        [
          "once upon a time",
          "once upon a time"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ co¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-chhû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong^ˋ cu^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-chho͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-chho͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-chhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "deng¹ co¹"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹taon-tshu₁"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tang¹-chʻu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāng-chū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "данчу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "danču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dōng chō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ tso¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ co¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-chhû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong^ˊ cu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ cu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong^ˋ cu^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-tshoo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngzhof"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰɔ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Singapore",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-tshoo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dongzhof"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Singapore",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngzhoef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰue³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-tshe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngzhef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dongzhoef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tṳng tsho"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɯŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹taon-tshu₁"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "taon^平 tshu^平"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹taan-tshu₁"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡sʰu²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃⁴⁴ t͡sʰu/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Suzhou",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tong-chho͘ /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tng-chhe /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰɔ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰue³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɯŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰo³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡sʰu²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑ̃⁴⁴ t͡sʰu/"
    }
  ],
  "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-zhi6)"
    },
    {
      "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": "chūqǐ",
      "tags": [
        "Jinjiang-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "初起"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jinjiang-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "初逢"
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "本底"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本底子 (5pen-ti-tsy)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "本成"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "本然"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本生 (5pen-san)"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "見面"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "见面"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "上早"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐqián",
      "word": "以前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ī-cā",
      "tags": [
        "Eastern",
        "Min",
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "以早"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānqián",
      "word": "先前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānxíng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先行"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíxiān",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "其先"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "前仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánwǎng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "前往"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "原在"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔzhě",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "古者"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiànglái",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "向來"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiànglái",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "向来"
    },
    {
      "english": "or used in compounds",
      "roman": "cháng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "嘗"
    },
    {
      "english": "or used in compounds",
      "roman": "cháng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "尝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zàiqián",
      "word": "在前"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "家先"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往擺"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往摆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往擺仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往摆仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wǎngzhě",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "往者"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往過"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往过"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往過仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "往过仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cóngqián",
      "word": "從前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cóngqián",
      "word": "从前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǎoxiān",
      "word": "早先"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "早年所"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "早時"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "早时"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīrì",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "昔日"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshí",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "昔時"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīshí",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "昔时"
    },
    {
      "word": "曾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "céngjīng",
      "word": "曾經"
    },
    {
      "roman": "céngjīng",
      "word": "曾经"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "舊擺"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "旧摆"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "舊早"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "旧早"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hainanese"
      ],
      "word": "過前"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hainanese"
      ],
      "word": "过前"
    }
  ],
  "word": "當初"
}

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