初步

See also: 初歩

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	a step; a pace; walk a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
simp. and trad. (初步)		初	步

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūbù

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄅㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ bou⁶

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhû-phu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ci¹ pu⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chho͘-pō͘ / chhe-pō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): co¹ bou⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūbù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄅㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chubù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-pu⁴
    • Yale: chū-bù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chubuh
    • Palladius: чубу (čubu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ pu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ bou⁶
    • Yale: chō bouh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ bou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ bou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ pou̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû-phu
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˊ pu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹ pu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴⁻¹¹ pʰu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ci¹ pu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴⁻³⁵ pʰu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshoo-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zho'po
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ pɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-pō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-pōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhe'po
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² pɔ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: co¹ bou⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsho pōu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo³³⁻²³ pou¹¹/

Adjective

初步

1. initial; elementary; preliminary; tentative

   初步探索  ―  chūbù tànsuǒ  ―  tentative exploration

Related terms

• 開端／开端 (kāiduān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	步
しょ Grade: 4	ほ Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 初步 – see the following entry.

【初歩しょほ】 [noun] basics, rudiments, elements

(This term, 初步, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
初	步

Noun

初步 • (chobo) (hangeul 초보)

1. hanja form^? of 초보 (“tirocinium”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
初	步

Adjective

初步

1. chữ Hán form of sơ bộ (“preliminary”).