起先

起先

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
trad. (起先)		起	先
simp. #(起先)		起	先

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² sin¹
• Min Nan (POJ): khí-suiⁿ / khí-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qǐxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiishian
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² sin¹
    • Yale: héi sīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² sin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² xin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-suiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: khí-suinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qysvuy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suĩ³³/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-seng
    • Tâi-lô: khí-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qysefng
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Adverb

起先

1. initially; from the outset; at first

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 起先

一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ) 原來／原来 (yuánlái) 原先 (yuánxiān) 原底 (yuándǐ) (chiefly Cantonese, Min Nan) 原本 (yuánběn) 在本 (Min Nan) 最初 (zuìchū) 本來／本来 (běnlái) 本底 (Min Nan)

本成 (Min Nan) 本然 (Min Nan) 當初／当初 (dāngchū) 當初時／当初时 (Min Nan) 自本 (Min Nan) 舊底／旧底 (Min Nan) 起初 (qǐchū) 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu) 開初／开初 (kāichū)