# 起手
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qǐshǒu
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hei$^2$ sau$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): kī-chiēu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khí-chhiú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ki$^2$ ciu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qǐshǒu [Phonetic: qíshǒu]
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄕㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cǐshǒu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^3$-shou$^3$
*** Yale: chǐ-shǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiishoou
*** Palladius: цишоу (cišou)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hei$^2$ sau$^2$
*** Yale: héi sáu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hei$^2$ sau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: héi$^2$ seo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hei̯³⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kī-chiēu
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi³³⁻³⁵ $^{(t͡sʰ-)}$ʒieu³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: khí-tshiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qychiuo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Singapore): /kʰi⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ki$^2$ ciu$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí tshiú
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻²¹/

### Verb

起手
* to put one's hand to; to set about
* to start armed struggle; to rise in rebellion
* (Cantonese, Eastern Min) to begin; to start
* (dialectal Mandarin, Singapore Hokkien) to raise one's hand

#### Synonyms

* (to get started):
* 上手 (shàngshǒu)
* 下手 (xiàshǒu)
* 入手 (rùshǒu)
* 動手／动手 (dòngshǒu)
* 喐手
* 著手／着手 (zhuóshǒu)
* 落手 (lok$^6$ sau$^2$) (Cantonese, Hokkien)
* (to start an armed struggle):
* 亂逆／乱逆 (luànnì) (literary)
* 兵變／兵变 (bīngbiàn) (to mutiny)
* 動亂／动乱 (dòngluàn)
* 反亂／反乱 (fǎnluàn)
* 反叛 (fǎnpàn)
* 反天 (fǎntiān) (literary)
* 反抗 (fǎnkàng)
* 反水 (fǎnshuǐ) (dialectal)
* 叛亂／叛乱 (pànluàn)
* 叛變／叛变 (pànbiàn)
* 嘩變／哗变 (huábiàn) (to mutiny)
* 悖亂／悖乱 (bèiluàn) (literary)
* 暴亂／暴乱 (bàoluàn)
* 暴動／暴动 (bàodòng)
* 暴獄／暴狱 (bàoyù) (of prisoners)
* 發難／发难 (fānàn)
* 舉事／举事 (jǔshì) (literary, euphemism)
* 舉義／举义 (jǔyì) (literary)
* 起事 (qǐshì)
* 起兵 (qǐbīng)
* 起義／起义 (qǐyì)
* 逆亂／逆乱 (nìluàn) (literary)
* 造反 (zàofǎn)
* 首義／首义 (shǒuyì) (literary, to be the first to stage an uprising)
* (to begin):
* 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
* 權輿／权舆 (quányú) (literary)
* 發端／发端 (fāduān)
* 發軔／发轫 (fārèn) (literary)
* 肇始 (zhàoshǐ) (literary)
* 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
* 萌 (literary, or in compounds)
* 起始 (qǐshǐ)
* 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
* 開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
* 開首／开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing Mandarin)
* (to raise one's hand):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 舉手 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 舉手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 舉手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 舉手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 舉手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 舉手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 舉手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 舉手 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 舉手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 舉手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 舉手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 舉手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 舉手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 舉手 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 舉手, 奓手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 舉手 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 舉手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 舉手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 舉手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 舉手, 抬起手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 舉手 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 舉手, 㧯手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 舉手, 㧯手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 舉手, 㧯手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 舉手, 㧯手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 抬起手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 拄手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 起手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 舉手 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 舉手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 舉手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 舉手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 舉手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 舉手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 舉手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 舉手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 舉手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 舉手 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 舉手, 擔高手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 擔高手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 舉手, 擔高手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 擔高手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 伸高手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 舉手, 擔高手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 遞高隻手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 擔高手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 擔高手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 擔高手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 擔高手, 舉手 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 擔高手 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 舉手 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 舉手 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 擔高手 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 舉手 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 舉手 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 舉手 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 舉手 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 擎手 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 擎手, 比手, 迎手 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 擎手 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 擎手 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 擎手 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 擎手 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 舉手 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 舉手 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 舉手 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 舉手, 擩起手 |
| Jin | Datong | 舉手 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 舉手, 擩起手 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 舉手 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 舉手 |
| Jin | Linhe | 舉手 |
| Jin | Jining | 舉手 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 舉手 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 舉手 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 舉手 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 舉手 |
| Jin | Handan | 舉手 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 舉手 |
| Jin | Suide | 舉手, 奓手 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 掇手 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 舉手 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 攑手 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 攑手 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 攑手 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 攑手 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 攑手 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 攑手 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 攑手 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 攑手 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 攑手 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 攑手 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 攑手 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 攑手 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 攑手 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 起手 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 攑手 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 擔懸手 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 舉手 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 舉手 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 舉手 |
| Wu | Danyang | 舉手 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 舉手 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 舉手 |

### Adverb

起手
* at first; initially; in the beginning; originally

#### 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)
* 起初 (qǐchū)
* 起始 (qǐshǐ)
* 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)