初次

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	number of times; order; sequence number of times; order; sequence; next; second(ary); (measure word)
trad. (初次)		初	次
simp. #(初次)		初	次

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūcì

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄘˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ ci³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhû-chhṳ

  (Hailu, HRS): cu^ˋ cii^ˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chho͘-chhù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūcì
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄘˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chucìh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-tzʻŭ⁴
    • Yale: chū-tsz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chutsyh
    • Palladius: чуцы (čucy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ ci³
    • Yale: chō chi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ tsi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ qi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû-chhṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˊ cii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹ ci⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˋ cii^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu⁵³ t͡sʰɨ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-chhù
    • Tâi-lô: tshoo-tshù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhozhux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu²¹/

Noun

初次

1. first time

Synonyms

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• 第一次 (dì-yī cì)
• 頭次 / 头次 (tao⁵ ce³) (Teochew)
• 首度 (shǒudù)
• 首次 (shǒucì)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 首次 (“first time”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		首次, 首度, 初次
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	第一次
	Harbin	頭一末兒, 頭末兒
	Malaysia	第一次
	Singapore	第一次
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	頭回, 頭一末兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	頭回子, 頭回
	Liuzhou	頭一回, 頭回
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	頭一回, 第一回
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頭一次, 頭一勻, 頭威頭勢, 初頭萬大
	Hong Kong	第一次
	Singapore (Guangfu)	第一次, 第一擺
Gan	Nanchang	頭回
Hakka	Meixian	頭到, 初次, 初番
	Yudu	頭回
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頭擺, 頭一擺, 頭回, 頭輪, 頭下碼, 初次
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頭擺, 頭一擺, 頭回, 頭輪, 頭下碼, 初次, 初擺
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頭擺, 頭一擺, 頭回, 頭輪, 頭下碼, 初次
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頭擺, 頭一擺, 頭回, 頭輪, 頭下碼, 頭一到, 初次
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頭擺, 頭一擺, 頭回, 頭輪, 頭下碼, 初次
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頭擺, 頭回, 頭輪, 頭頭下
Huizhou	Jixi	頭回
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭頭輪, 頭輪
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頭回, 頭幫
Southern Min	Taipei	頭擺 GT, 頭一回 GT, 頭改 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	頭擺
	Singapore (Hokkien)	頭一擺
	Manila (Hokkien)	頭擺, 頭一擺
	Puning	頭次, 頭輪
	Singapore (Teochew)	頭一擺
	Leizhou	初次, 頭手, 頭手八初
Wu	Wenzhou	頭𡉑, 頭回
Xiang	Changsha	頭回
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Antonyms

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• 末次 (mòcì)