肇始

肇始

Chinese

		at first; devise; originate	begin
simp. and trad. (肇始)		肇	始

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàoshǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ ㄕˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu⁶ ci²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhàoshǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ㄕˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jawshyy
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu⁶ ci²
    • Yale: siuh chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶ qi²
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²² t͡sʰiː³⁵/

Verb

肇始

1. (literary) to commence; to begin

Synonyms

• 發端／发端 (fāduān)
• 開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
• 起始 (qǐshǐ)
• (literary) 肇端 (zhàoduān)