初時

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	o'clock; time; when o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
trad. (初時)		初	時
simp. (初时)		初	时

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ si⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chho͘-sî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chushíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-shih²
    • Yale: chū-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chushyr
    • Palladius: чуши (čuši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ si⁴
    • Yale: chō sìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ si⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ siː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-sî
    • Tâi-lô: tshoo-sî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhosii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² si²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² si¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ si²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ si²³/

Noun

初時

1. beginning

   初時我仲以為齣戲好悶，但係睇下睇下都唔係太差啫。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   初时我仲以为出戏好闷，但系睇下睇下都唔系太差啫。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   co¹ si⁴ ngo⁵ zung⁶ ji⁵ wai⁴ ceot¹ hei³ hou² mun⁶, daan⁶ hai⁶ tai² haa⁵ tai² haa⁵ dou¹ m⁴ hai⁶ taai³ caa¹ ze¹. [Jyutping]

   Originally, I thought the movie was boring, but after watching more of it, it was too bad after all.