# 起初
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qǐchū
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hei$^2$ co$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): hí-chhû
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hi$^3$ ci$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khí-chho͘ / khí-chhe / khí-chhoe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ki$^2$ co$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$chi-tshu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qǐchū
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄔㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǐchu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^3$-chʻu$^1$
*** Yale: chǐ-chū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiichu
*** Palladius: цичу (ciču)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hei$^2$ co$^1$
*** Yale: héi chō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hei$^2$ tso$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: héi$^2$ co$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei̯³⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-chhû
*** Hakka Romanization System: hi$^ˋ$ cu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hi$^3$ cu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hi$^3$ ci$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-chho͘
*** Tâi-lô: khí-tshoo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qyzhof
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ki$^2$ co$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí tsho
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰo³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$chi-tshu
*** MiniDict: chi$^去$ tshu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$qi-tshu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴/

### Adverb

起初
* at first; initially; in the beginning; originally; at the outset
** The Bible, Genesis 1:1
       Qǐchū Shén chuàngzào tiāndì. [Pinyin]
       In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

#### 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 ($^1$shi-zhi) (Wu)
* 先起頭／先起头 (Wu)
* 先頭／先头 (Wu)
* 最初 (zuìchū)
* 初初 (co$^1$ co$^1$) (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 ($^6$gnioe-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 ($^5$tsau-shi) (Wu)
* 本來／本来 (běnlái)
* 本則來／本则来 ($^5$pen-tseq-le) (Wu)
* 本底 (Hokkien)
* 本底子 ($^5$pen-ti-tsy) (Wu)
* 本成 (Hokkien)
* 本然 (Hokkien)
* 本生 ($^5$pen-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)
* 起先 (qǐxiān)
* 起始 (qǐshǐ)
* 起手 (qǐshǒu)
* 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
* 起首 (qǐshǒu) (literary, or Guangzhou Cantonese)
* 開先／开先 (kai$^1$ sienn$^1$) (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)

#### Antonyms

* 最後／最后 (zuìhòu)