# 初級
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chūjí
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄐㄧˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): co$^1$ kap$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhû-kip / chhû-khip
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ci$^1$ kib$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chho͘-kip / chho͘-khip / chhe-kip
    (Teochew, Peng'im): co$^1$ kib$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chūjí
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄐㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chují
*** Wade–Giles: chʻu$^1$-chi$^2$
*** Yale: chū-jí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chujyi
*** Palladius: чуцзи (čuczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$出擊／出击 初級／初级
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: co$^1$ kap$^1$
*** Yale: chō kāp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tso$^1$ kap$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: co$^1$ keb$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ kʰɐp̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû-kip
*** Hakka Romanization System: cu$^ˊ$ gib$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cu$^1$ gib$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴ kip̚²/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû-khip
*** Hakka Romanization System: cu$^ˊ$ kib$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cu$^1$ kib$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴ kʰip̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ci$^1$ kib$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴⁻³⁵ kʰip̚¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-kip
*** Tâi-lô: tshoo-kip
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zho'kib
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kip̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ kip̚⁵/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ kip̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-khip
*** Tâi-lô: tshoo-khip
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zho'qib
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ kʰip̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-kip
*** Tâi-lô: tshe-kip
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhe'kib
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² kip̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: co$^1$ kib$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsho khip
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰo³³⁻²³ kʰip̚²/

### Adjective

初級
* (attributive) primary; elementary; junior
    初級職稱／初级职称 ― chūjí zhíchēng ― junior position
* (attributive) entry-level

#### Synonyms

* (entry-level): 入門級／入门级 (rùménjí)

#### Derived terms

* 初級中學／初级中学 (chūjí zhōngxué)
* 初級學院／初级学院 (chūjí xuéyuàn)
* 初級小學／初级小学
* 初級產品／初级产品 (chūjí chǎnpǐn)
* 初級社／初级社
* 初級階段／初级阶段

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 初級(しょきゅう) (shokyū)
* → Korean: 초급(初級) (chogeup)
* → Vietnamese: sơ cấp (初級)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 初 | 級 |
| しょ Grade: 4 | きゅう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

/ɕokipu/ → /ɕokiɸu/ → */ɕokiwu/ → /ɕokiu/ → /ɕokjuː/
From Middle Chinese compound 初級／初级 (tsrhjo kjap?, literally “beginning + level, grade”). Compare modern Min Nan chho͘-kip or Cantonese co$^1$ kap$^1$.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) しょきゅう [shòkyúú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ɕo̞kʲɨː]

### Noun

初(しょ)級(きゅう) • (shokyū)
* elementary level, beginning grade, beginner's class
    「初級(しょきゅう)日本語(にほんご)」
       “Shokyū Nihongo”
       “Beginner's Japanese”, “Introductory Japanese”

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 初 | 級 |

### Noun

初級
* chữ Hán form of sơ cấp (“primary level; elementary level”).