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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵chi-shi

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• 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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵chi-shi
    • MiniDict: chi^去 shi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi-xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³³ ɕi⁴⁴/

Adverb

起先

1. initially; from the outset; at first

Synonyms

• 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)
• 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)