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

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 tu̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu⁶ dyun¹
  - Yale: siuh dyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu⁶ dyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu⁶ dün¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯²² tyːn⁵⁵/

Noun

肇端

(literary) to begin; to start; to commence

Synonyms

伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
權輿／权舆 (quányú) (literary)
發端／发端 (fāduān)
發軔／发轫 (fārèn) (literary)
肇始 (zhàoshǐ) (literary)
萌 (literary, or in compounds)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
開首／开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing Mandarin)

Noun

肇端

(literary) beginning; start; commencement

Synonyms

伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
序幕 (xùmù) (figurative)
發端／发端 (fāduān)
萌 (literary)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
起頭先／起头先 (kī-tàu-sĕng) (Eastern Min)
開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
開端／开端 (kāiduān)
開頭／开头 (kāitóu)
首端 (shǒuduān)

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