# 始終
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shǐzhōng
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ci$^2$ zung$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-chûng
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-chiong
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$sy-tson$_1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǐzhōng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhjhong
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^3$-chung$^1$
*** Yale: shř-jūng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyjong
*** Palladius: шичжун (šičžun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ci$^2$ zung$^1$
*** Yale: chí jūng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsi$^2$ dzung$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qi$^2$ zung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-chûng
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii$^ˋ$ zung$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: si$^3$ zung$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chiong
*** Tâi-lô: sí-tsiong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: syciofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$sy-tson$_1$
*** MiniDict: sy$^去$ tson$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$sr-tson$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ t͡soŋ⁴⁴/

### Adverb

始終
* throughout; consistently; from beginning to end
       Tāmen zài bǐsài zhōng shǐzhōng zhànyōu. [Pinyin]
       They were on top throughout the match.
    From: 1965: Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People, Editor's Preface
    Kānxíng yǐlái, zhè běn shū zài Gǎng, Tái jí shìjiè gèdì de huárén zhōng shǐzhōng yōngyǒu guǎngdà de dúzhěqún. [Pinyin]
    Since publication, this book has consistently had a large readership in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Chinese communities the world over.
* eventually; one day
       keoi$^5$ ci$^2$ zung$^1$ wui$^5$ heoi$^3$ do$^1$ leon$^4$ do$^1$. [Jyutping]
       One day, he will go to Toronto.

#### Synonyms

* (throughout):
* 一向 (yīxiàng)
* 一直 (yīzhí)
* 一貫 / 一贯 (yīguàn)
* 一路 (yīlù)
* 一路來 / 一路来 (Xiang)
* 不嬲 (Cantonese)
* 取總 / 取总 (qü$^3$ zong$^3$) (Sichuanese)
* 向來 / 向来 (xiànglái)
* 少來 / 少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
* 從來 / 从来 (cónglái)
* 從到今 / 从到今 (Hokkien)
* 歷來 / 历来 (lìlái)
* 牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
* 直直 (Hokkien)
* 素來 / 素来 (sùlái) (literary)
* 終始 / 终始 (zhōngshǐ)
* 跇頭 / 跇头 (Eastern Min)
* 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* (eventually):
* 到尾 (Eastern Min)
* 到底 (dàodǐ)
* 卒之 (zeot$^1$ zi$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 算是 (suànshì)
* 終 / 终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 終久 / 终久 (zhōngjiǔ)
* 終於 / 终于 (zhōngyú)
* 終歸 / 终归 (zhōngguī)
* 終究 / 终究 (zhōngjiū)
* 終須 / 终须 (zung$^1$ seoi$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 總是 / 总是 (zǒngshì)
* 總歸 / 总归 (zǒngguī)
* 總算 / 总算 (zǒngsuàn)
* 高低 (gāodī)

### Noun

始終
* beginning and/to end; the whole story; entire process

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 始 | 終 |
| し Grade: 3 | しゅう > じゅう Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Adverb

始(し)終(じゅう) • (shijū)
* beginning to end, continuously
* finally

### Noun

始(し)終(じゅう) • (shijū)
* the beginning and the end
* conclusion

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 始 | 終 |

### Adverb

始終
* chữ Hán form of thuỷ chung (“with marital fidelity”).

### Adjective

始終
* chữ Hán form of thuỷ chung (“maritally loyal”).