"起先" meaning in Chinese

See 起先 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /hei̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /hi³¹ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /kʰi³³⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾lɛiŋ⁵⁵/ [Min-Dong, Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suĩ³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, IPA], /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA, Kaohsiung], /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA, Taipei], /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕʰi³³ ɕi⁴⁴/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕʰi⁴² si⁴⁴⁻³³/ [Xiang, Loudi, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 起先
  1. initially; from the outset; at first
    Sense id: en-起先-zh-adv-PP5pf3Tz Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries 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 [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], 見面 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 见面 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 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]
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      "expansion": "起先",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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      "glosses": [
        "initially; from the outset; at first"
      ],
      "id": "en-起先-zh-adv-PP5pf3Tz",
      "links": [
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          "initially",
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        ],
        [
          "outset",
          "outset"
        ],
        [
          "at first",
          "at first"
        ]
      ],
      "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"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen",
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "見面"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Xiamen",
            "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "见面"
        },
        {
          "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qǐxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hei² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hi³ xiên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kī-sĕng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí-suiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí-seng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ki² soin¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵chi-shi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Loudi",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qi³ si^(1*)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qǐxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cǐsian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻi³-hsien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chǐ-syān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiishian"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cisjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цисянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hei² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héi sīn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hei² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héi² xin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hi³ xiên¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³¹ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kī-sĕng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi³³⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾lɛiŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí-suiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí-suinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qysvuy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí-seng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí-sing"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qysefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ki² soin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí soiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵chi-shi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chi^去 shi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²qi-xi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³³ ɕi⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Loudi",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qi³ si^(1*)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi⁴² si⁴⁴⁻³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Loudi",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "起先"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
      "expansion": "起先",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese adverbs",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adverbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 先",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 起",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Eastern Min adverbs",
        "Eastern Min lemmas",
        "Hakka adverbs",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hokkien adverbs",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin adverbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Teochew adverbs",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Wu adverbs",
        "Wu lemmas",
        "Xiang adverbs",
        "Xiang lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "initially; from the outset; at first"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "initially",
          "initially"
        ],
        [
          "outset",
          "outset"
        ],
        [
          "at first",
          "at first"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qǐxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hei² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hi³ xiên¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kī-sĕng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí-suiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí-seng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ki² soin¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵chi-shi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Loudi",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qi³ si^(1*)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qǐxiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cǐsian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻi³-hsien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chǐ-syān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiishian"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cisjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цисянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hei² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héi sīn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hei² sin¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "héi² xin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hi³ xiên¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hi³¹ ɕiɛn⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kī-sĕng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi³³⁻²¹ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾lɛiŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí-suiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí-suinn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qysvuy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí-seng"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí-sing"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qysefng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ki² soin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "khí soiⁿ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵chi-shi"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chi^去 shi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²qi-xi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi³³ ɕi⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Loudi",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qi³ si^(1*)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi⁴² si⁴⁴⁻³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Xiang",
        "Loudi",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "見面"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "见面"
    },
    {
      "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": "起先"
}

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