肇端

肇端

Chinese

		at first; devise; originate	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
trad. (肇端)		肇	端
simp. #(肇端)		肇	端

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàoduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu⁶ dyun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàoduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàoduan
    • Wade–Giles: chao⁴-tuan¹
    • Yale: jàu-dwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jawduan
    • Palladius: чжаодуань (čžaoduanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ twän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu⁶ dyun¹
    • Yale: siuh dyūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶ dyn¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶ dün¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²² tyːn⁵⁵/

Noun

肇端

1. (literary) to begin; to start; to commence

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 肇端

伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary) 肇始 (zhàoshǐ) (literary) 萌 (méng) (literary, or in compounds) 起始 (qǐshǐ) 起手 (Cantonese, Min Dong) 權輿／权舆 (quányú) (literary)

發端／发端 (fāduān) 發軔／发轫 (fārèn) (literary) 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu) 開始／开始 (kāishǐ) 開首／开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing)

Noun

肇端

1. (literary) beginning; start; commencement

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 肇端

伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary) 序幕 (xùmù) (figurative) 萌 (méng) (literary) 起始 (qǐshǐ) 首端 (shǒuduān) 發端／发端 (fāduān)

起頭／起头 (qǐtóu) 起頭先／起头先 (Min Dong) 開始／开始 (kāishǐ) 開端／开端 (kāiduān) 開頭／开头 (kāitóu)