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[edit](the) most; ‑est | initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic | ||
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trad. (最初) | 最 | 初 | |
simp. #(最初) | 最 | 初 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄔㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: zuèichu
- Wade–Giles: tsui4-chʻu1
- Yale: dzwèi-chū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzueychu
- Palladius: цзуйчу (czujču)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zeoi3 co1
- Yale: jeui chō
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey3 tso1
- Guangdong Romanization: zêu3 co1
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɵy̯³³ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chui-chhû
- Hakka Romanization System: zui cuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: zui4 cu1
- Sinological IPA: /t͡su̯i⁵⁵ t͡sʰu²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-chho͘
- Tâi-lô: tsuè-tshoo
- Phofsit Daibuun: zoeazhof
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-che
- Tâi-lô: tsuè-tse
- Phofsit Daibuun: zoeazef
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁵³ t͡se⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zuê3 co1
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsuè tsho
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sue²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰo³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
Noun
[edit]最初
Adjective
[edit]最初
Adverb
[edit]最初
Synonyms
[edit]- 一插手兒/一插手儿 (yīchāshǒur) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 一開始/一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
- 上頭仔/上头仔 (Hokkien)
- 乍出猛兒/乍出猛儿 (zhàchūměngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 先前 (1shi-zhi) (Wu)
- 先起頭/先起头 (Wu)
- 先頭/先头 (Wu)
- 初初 (co1 co1) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
- 劈頭/劈头 (pītóu)
- 原 (yuán)
- 原來/原来 (yuánlái)
- 原先 (yuánxiān)
- 原初 (yuánchū)
- 原底 (Hokkien, chiefly Cantonese, Teochew, chiefly Cantonese)
- 原旦 (Hakka)
- 原本 (yuánběn)
- 原本榻裡/原本榻里 (6gnioe-pen-thaq-li) (Wu)
- 在本 (Hokkien)
- 始初 (shǐchū) (literary)
- 寢頭/寝头 (Hokkien)
- 就跟兒/就跟儿 (jiùgēnr) (Beijing Mandarin)
- 早先 (5tsau-shi) (Wu)
- 本來/本来 (běnlái)
- 本則來/本则来 (5pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
- 本底 (Hokkien)
- 本底子 (5pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
- 本成 (Hokkien)
- 本然 (Hokkien)
- 本生 (5pen-san) (Wu)
- 當初/当初 (dāngchū)
- 當初時/当初时 (Hokkien)
- 當原初/当原初 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
- 自本 (Hokkien)
- 舊底/旧底 (Hokkien)
- 起先 (qǐxiān)
- 起初 (qǐchū)
- 起始 (qǐshǐ)
- 起手 (qǐshǒu)
- 起頭/起头 (qǐtóu)
- 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
- 開先/开先 (kai1 sienn1) (Xiang)
- 開初/开初 (kāichū)
- 頭仔/头仔 (Hokkien)
- 頭起先/头起先 (Hokkien)
- 頭頭/头头 (Cantonese, Eastern Min, Hokkien)
Descendants
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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最 | 初 |
さい Grade: 4 |
しょ Grade: 4 |
on'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]最 (sai-, “most”) + 初 (sho, “new, first”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]Noun
[edit]- first, the beginning, the start
- 1912, 夏目漱石, 行人:
- 自分は最初その横顔を見た時、これが病人の顔だろうかと疑った。
- Jibun wa saisho sono yokogao o mita toki, kore ga byōnin no kao darō ka to utagatta.
- When I first saw the face in profile, I suspected that it might be the face of a sick person.
- 自分は最初その横顔を見た時、これが病人の顔だろうかと疑った。
- 1914, 島田清次郎, 若芽:
- これが若い文士が父を見ての最初の言葉であつた。
- Kore ga wakai bunshi ga chichi o mite no saisho no kotoba de atsuta.
- These were the first words that the man of letters uttered upon seeing his father.
- これが若い文士が父を見ての最初の言葉であつた。
- 1914, 夏目漱石, こころ:
- 彼の自白は最初から最後まで同じ調子で貫いていました。
- Kare no jihaku wa saisho kara saigo made onaji chōshi de tsuranuite imashita.
- He stuck to the same tone in his confession from beginning to end.
- 彼の自白は最初から最後まで同じ調子で貫いていました。
- 1912, 夏目漱石, 行人:
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- 初めて (hajimete, “for the first time”)
References
[edit]- ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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最 | 初 |
Noun
[edit]Vietnamese
[edit]chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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最 | 初 |
Noun
[edit]最初
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