開首

Chinese

		open; operate (vehicle); start	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (開首)		開	首
simp. (开首)		开	首

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāishǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi¹ sau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kāishǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kaishǒu
  - Wade–Giles: kʻai¹-shou³
  - Yale: kāi-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaishoou
  - Palladius: кайшоу (kajšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi¹ sau¹
  - Yale: hōi sāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi¹ sau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi¹ seo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

開首

beginning; outset; start; opening

Verb

開首

(Beijing Mandarin) to start; to begin; 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)
肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
萌 (literary, or in compounds)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
開始／开始 (kāishǐ)

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