倡首

倡首

Chinese

		initiate; instigate; introduce initiate; instigate; introduce; lead	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
simp. and trad. (倡首)		倡	首
anagram		首倡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chàngshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chàngshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanqshoou
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

倡首

1. to be the first to advocate; to initiate; to start

   • 這事，因為是農會委員長孫小山倡首，當地的道士們頗恨孫小山。 [MSC, trad.]
     这事，因为是农会委员长孙小山倡首，当地的道士们颇恨孙小山。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 毛澤東選集 (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhè shì, yīnwèi shì nónghuì wěiyuánzhǎng Sūn Xiǎoshān chàngshǒu, dāngdì de dàoshìmen pō hèn Sūn Xiǎoshān. [Pinyin]

     Because the initiative in this matter was taken by the chairman of the peasant association, Sun Hsiao-shan, he is hated by the local Taoist priests.