起頭

See also: 起头

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (起頭)		起	頭
simp. (起头)		起	头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐtóu

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² tau⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí-thèu
Min Nan (POJ): khí-thâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǐtóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiitour
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² tau⁴
  - Yale: héi tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² teo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-thèu
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi` teuˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ teu²
  - IPA: /hi³¹ tʰeu̯¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-thâu
  - Tâi-lô: khí-thâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qy'taau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰaʊ²³/

Verb

起頭

to take the lead; to be the first to start
to begin

Derived terms

萬事起頭難／万事起头难 (wànshì qǐtóu nán)

Noun

起頭

beginning

Adverb

起頭

in the beginning; at first; originally

Synonyms

Synonyms of 起頭

一開始／一开始 (yīkāishǐ)
原來／原来 (yuánlái)
原先 (yuánxiān)
原底 (yuándǐ) (chiefly Cantonese, Min Nan)
原本 (yuánběn)
在本 (Min Nan)
最初 (zuìchū)
本來／本来 (běnlái)
本底 (Min Nan)

本成 (Min Nan)
本然 (Min Nan)
當初／当初 (dāngchū)
當初時／当初时 (Min Nan)
自本 (Min Nan)
舊底／旧底 (Min Nan)
起先 (qǐxiān)
起初 (qǐchū)
開初／开初 (kāichū)

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