歲首

Chinese

		year; years old; (a measure word)	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
trad. (歲首)		歲	首
simp. (岁首)		岁	首

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suìshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi³ sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suìshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suèishǒu
    • Wade–Giles: sui⁴-shou³
    • Yale: swèi-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sueyshoou
    • Palladius: суйшоу (sujšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi³ sau²
    • Yale: seui sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey³ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu³ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³ sɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

歲首

1. (literary) beginning of the year, especially the first month