起先

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first
trad. (起先)		起	先
simp. ^#(起先)		起	先

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² sin¹
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hi³ xiên¹
Eastern Min (BUC): kī-sĕng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khí-suiⁿ / khí-seng

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki² soin¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chi-shi
Xiang (Loudi, Wiktionary): qi³ si^1*

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐsian
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-hsien¹
  - Yale: chǐ-syān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiishian
  - Palladius: цисянь (cisjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² sin¹
  - Yale: héi sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² xin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hi³ xiên¹
  - Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ siɛn⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kī-sĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi³³⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛiŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-suiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khí-suinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qysvuy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-seng
  - Tâi-lô: khí-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qysefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ki² soin¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí soiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ sõĩ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵chi-shi
  - MiniDict: chi^去 shi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi-xi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³³ ɕi⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: qi³ si^1*
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁴² si⁴⁴⁻³³/

Adverb

起先

initially; from the outset; at first

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)
最初 (zuìchū)
初初 (co¹ co¹) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
初起 (chūqǐ) (Jinjiang Hokkien)
初逢 (Jinjiang 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)