始終

See also: 始终

Chinese

		begin	end; finish
trad. (始終)		始	終
simp. (始终)		始	终
anagram		終始／终始

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǐzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² zung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-chûng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-chiong
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵sy-tson

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǐzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhjhong
  - Wade–Giles: shih³-chung¹
  - Yale: shř-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyjong
  - Palladius: шичжун (šičžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci² zung¹
  - Yale: chí jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi² zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii` zung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si³ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chiong
  - Tâi-lô: sí-tsiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: syciofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵sy-tson
  - MiniDict: sy^去 tson
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-tson
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ t͡soŋ⁴⁴/

Adverb

始終

throughout; consistently; from beginning to end
他們在比賽中始終佔優。 [MSC, trad.]
他们在比赛中始终占优。 [MSC, simp.]
Tāmen zài bǐsài zhōng shǐzhōng zhànyōu. [Pinyin]
They were on top throughout the match.
- 刊行以來，這本書在港、臺及世界各地的華人中始終擁有廣大的讀者群。 [MSC, trad.]
  刊行以来，这本书在港、台及世界各地的华人中始终拥有广大的读者群。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1965: Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People, Editor's Preface
  Kānxíng yǐlái, zhè běn shū zài Gǎng, Tái jí shìjiè gèdì de huárén zhōng shǐzhōng yōngyǒu guǎngdà de dúzhěqún. [Pinyin]
  Since publication, this book has consistently had a large readership in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Chinese communities the world over.
eventually; one day
佢始終會去多倫多。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢始终会去多伦多。 [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ ci² zung¹ wui⁵ heoi³ do¹ leon⁴ do¹. [Jyutping]
One day, he will go to Toronto.

Synonyms

(throughout):

一向 (yīxiàng)
一直 (yīzhí)
一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
一路 (yīlù)
一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
不嬲 (bat¹ lau¹) (Cantonese)
取總／取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
向來／向来 (xiànglái)
少來／少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
從來／从来 (cónglái)
從到今／从到今 (Hokkien)
歷來／历来 (lìlái)
牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
直直 (Hokkien)
素來／素来 (sùlái) (literary)
終始／终始 (zhōngshǐ)
跇頭／跇头 (Eastern Min)
透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)

(eventually):

到尾 (Eastern Min)
到底 (dàodǐ)
卒之 (zeot¹ zi¹) (Cantonese)
算是 (suànshì)
終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
終久／终久 (zhōngjiǔ)
終於／终于 (zhōngyú)
終歸／终归 (zhōngguī)
終究／终究 (zhōngjiū)
終須／终须 (zung¹ seoi¹) (Cantonese)
總是／总是 (zǒngshì)
總歸／总归 (zǒngguī)
總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)
高低 (gāodī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
始	終
し Grade: 3	しゅう > じゅう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Adverb

始(し)終(じゅう) • (shijū)

beginning to end, continuously
finally

Noun

始(し)終(じゅう) • (shijū)

the beginning and the end
conclusion

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
始	終

Adverb

始終

chữ Hán form of thuỷ chung (“with marital fidelity”).

Adjective

始終

chữ Hán form of thuỷ chung (“maritally loyal”).

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