"當初" meaning in Chinese

{
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "當初",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "98 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Intermediate Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "zh:Time",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She regrets not learning English well from the outset.",
          "ref": "她很後悔當初沒有學好英語。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "她很后悔当初没有学好英语。 [MSC, simp.]\nTā hěn hòuhuǐ dāngchū méiyǒu xuéhǎo Yīngyǔ. [Pinyin]",
          "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": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Time",
          "orig": "zh:Time",
          "parents": [
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "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",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-chhû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-chho͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-chho͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-chhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "deng¹ co¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tang¹-chʻu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāng-chū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "данчу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "danču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-chhû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong´ cu´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ cu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-tshoo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngzhof"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰɔ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-tshoo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dongzhof"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngzhoef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰue³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-tshe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngzhef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dongzhoef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tṳng tsho"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɯŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tong-chho͘ /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tng-chhe /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "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/"
    }
  ],
  "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 (1xi-xxi)"
    },
    {
      "_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": "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 (3nyyoe-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 (2tsau-xi)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "běnlái",
      "word": "本來"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "běnlái",
      "word": "本来"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "本則來"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "本则来 (2pen-tseq-le)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本底"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "本底子 (2pen-ti-tsr)"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本成"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "本然"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "本生 (2pen-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",
      "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": "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",
      "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 with IPA pronunciation",
    "Intermediate Mandarin",
    "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"
    }
  ],
  "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": [
        {
          "english": "She regrets not learning English well from the outset.",
          "ref": "她很後悔當初沒有學好英語。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "她很后悔当初没有学好英语。 [MSC, simp.]\nTā hěn hòuhuǐ dāngchū méiyǒu xuéhǎo Yīngyǔ. [Pinyin]",
          "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",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-chhû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-chho͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-chho͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-chhe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-chhoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "deng¹ co¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāngchū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tang¹-chʻu¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dāng-chū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dangchu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "данчу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "danču"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tông-chhû"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong´ cu´"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dong¹ cu¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-tshoo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngzhof"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰɔ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-tshoo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dongzhof"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngzhoef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰue³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tng-tshe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dngzhef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tong-tshue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dongzhoef"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tṳng tsho"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɯŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tong-chho͘ /"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ tng-chhe /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "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/"
    }
  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "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 (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)"
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "上早"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐqián",
      "word": "以前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānqián",
      "word": "先前"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiānxíng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先行"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíxiān",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "其先"
    },
    {
      "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"
}