首尾

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	tail
simp. and trad. (首尾)		首	尾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² mei⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-bér / siú-bé / siú-bóe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuwěi [Phonetic: shóuwěi]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuwěi
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-wei³
  - Yale: shǒu-wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouwoei
  - Palladius: шоувэй (šouvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² mei⁵
  - Yale: sáu méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² méi⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ mei̯¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-bér
  - Tâi-lô: siú-bér
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bə⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-bé
  - Tâi-lô: siú-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siw'bea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-bóe
  - Tâi-lô: siú-bué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siw'boea
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue⁵³/

Noun

首尾

from beginning to end
the head and the tail; the beginning and the end

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (首尾):

→ Japanese: 首尾(しゅび) (shubi)
→ Korean: 수미(首尾) (sumi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
首	尾
しゅ Grade: 2	び Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

首(しゅ)尾(び) • (shubi)

from beginning to end
result

Derived terms

上首尾
不首尾
首尾一貫
首尾貫徹
首尾良く

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