# 當初
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dāngchū
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dong$^1$ co$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tông-chhû
    (Hailu, HRS): dong$^ˋ$ cu$^ˋ$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tng-chho͘ / tong-chho͘ / tng-chhoe / tng-chhe / tong-chhoe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): deng$^1$ co$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$taon-tshu$_1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dāngchū
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄤ ㄔㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dangchu
*** Wade–Giles: tang$^1$-chʻu$^1$
*** Yale: dāng-chū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dangchu
*** Palladius: данчу (danču)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dong$^1$ co$^1$
*** Yale: dōng chō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dong$^1$ tso$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dong$^1$ co$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tông-chhû
*** Hakka Romanization System: dong$^ˊ$ cu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dong$^1$ cu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /toŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: dong$^ˋ$ cu$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /toŋ⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-chho͘
*** Tâi-lô: tng-tshoo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dngzhof
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰɔ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-chho͘
*** Tâi-lô: tong-tshoo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dongzhof
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Singapore): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-chhoe
*** Tâi-lô: tng-tshue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dngzhoef
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍³³ t͡sʰue³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-chhe
*** Tâi-lô: tng-tshe
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dngzhef
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰe⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-chhoe
*** Tâi-lô: tong-tshue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dongzhoef
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰue⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: deng$^1$ co$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tṳng tsho
*** Sinological IPA : /tɯŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰo³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^1$taon-tshu$_1$
*** MiniDict: taon$^平$ tshu$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$taan-tshu$_1$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tɑ̃⁵⁵ t͡sʰu²¹/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /tɑ̃⁴⁴ t͡sʰu/

### Adverb

當初
* originally; at first; at that time; at the outset; in the first place
       Tā hěn hòuhuǐ dāngchū méiyǒu xuéhǎo Yīngyǔ. [Pinyin]
       She regrets not learning English well from the outset.
* previously; formerly; once upon a time; in the past

#### Synonyms

* (originally):
* 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)
* (previously):
* 上早 (Hakka)
* 以前 (yǐqián)
* 先前 (xiānqián)
* 先行 (xiānxíng) (literary)
* 其先 (qíxiān) (literary)
* 前往 (qiánwǎng) (literary)
* 原在 (Hakka)
* 古者 (gǔzhě) (archaic)
* 向來／向来 (xiànglái) (archaic)
* 嘗／尝 (cháng) (literary, or used in compounds)
* 在前 (zàiqián)
* 家先 (Hakka)
* 往擺／往摆 (Hakka, Hokkien)
* 往擺仔／往摆仔 (Hokkien)
* 往者 (wǎngzhě) (literary)
* 往過／往过 (Hokkien)
* 往過仔／往过仔 (Hokkien)
* 從前／从前 (cóngqián)
* 早先 (zǎoxiān)
* 早年所 (Hokkien)
* 早時／早时 (Hokkien)
* 昔日 (xīrì) (literary)
* 昔時／昔时 (xīshí) (literary)
* 曾
* 曾經／曾经 (céngjīng)
* 舊擺／旧摆 (Singapore Hokkien)
* 舊早／旧早 (Singapore Hokkien)
* 過前／过前 (Hainanese)

#### Derived terms

* 既有今日，何必當初／既有今日，何必当初 (jìyǒu jīnrì hébì dāngchū)
* 早知今日，何必當初／早知今日，何必当初 (zǎozhī jīnrì, hébì dāngchū)