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開首

简 开首 · 繁 開首
Mandarin · pinyin kāi shǒu

Meanings

  1. beginning
  2. start
  3. opening
  4. in the beginning
  5. to start
  6. to open
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開
kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
首
shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
开
kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
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1–3 · kai1 shou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoi1 sau2

Cantonese word readings for 開首. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. beginning; outset; start; opening

verb

  1. (Beijing Mandarin) to start; to begin; to commence

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