起跑線

Chinese

		to start a race; to start to run in a race	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (起跑線/起跑綫)		起跑	線/綫
simp. (起跑线)		起跑	线

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐpǎoxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄆㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² paau² sin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐpǎoxiàn [Phonetic: qípǎoxiàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄆㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐpǎosiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-pʻao³-hsien⁴
    • Yale: chǐ-pǎu-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiipaoshiann
    • Palladius: ципаосянь (cipaosjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² paau² sin³
    • Yale: héi páau sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² paau² sin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² pao² xin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ pʰaːu̯³⁵ siːn³³/

Noun

起跑線

1. (athletics) starting line (of a race); scratch line
2. (figurative) starting point; starting line

   輸在起跑線上／输在起跑线上  ―  shū zài qǐpǎoxiàn shàng  ―  to lose at the starting line