起先

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐxiān

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² sin¹
Min Nan (POJ): khí-suiⁿ / khí-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǐxiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiishian
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² sin¹
  - Yale: héi sīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² sin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² xin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-suiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: khí-suinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qysvuy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-seng
  - Tâi-lô: khí-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qysefng
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Adverb

起先

initially, from the outset, at first

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