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首肯

首肯

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do sth) to agree; to consent; to be ready (to do sth); willing
simp. and trad. (首肯)		首	肯

Verb

首肯

(literary) to approve

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shǒukěn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² hang²
Min Nan (POJ): siú-khéng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒukěn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄣˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooukeen
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰən²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² hang²
  - Yale: sáu háng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² hang²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ hɐŋ³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-khéng
  - Tâi-lô: siú-khíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siw'qeang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɪŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɪŋ⁴¹/