起初

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic
simp. and trad. (起初)		起	初

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐchū

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² co¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí-chhû
Min Nan (POJ): khí-chho͘ / khí-chhe / khí-chhoe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǐchū
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiichu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² co¹
  - Yale: héi chō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² tso¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² co¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-chhû
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi` cu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ cu¹
  - IPA: /hi³¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-chho͘
  - Tâi-lô: khí-tshoo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qyzhof
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-chhe
  - Tâi-lô: khí-tshe
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qyzhef
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-chhoe
  - Tâi-lô: khí-tshue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qyzhoef
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/

Adverb

起初

at first; initially; in the beginning; originally; at the outset
- Bible Genesis Chapter 1 verse 1
  
  起初神創造天地。 / 起初神创造天地。 ― Qǐchū Shén chuàngzào tiāndì. ― In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

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