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始初

始初

Chinese

		begin	at first; (at the) beginning; first at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic
simp. and trad. (始初)		始	初

Adverb

始初

(literary) from the beginning; from the very start

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shǐchū

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄔㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² co¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: shǐchū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄔㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyychu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    使出
    始初
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci² co¹
  - Yale: chí chō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² tso¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/