起錨

See also: 起锚

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	anchor
trad. (起錨)		起	錨
simp. (起锚)		起	锚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐmáo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄇㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² naau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khí-bâu
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chi ⁶mau; ⁵chi-mau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐmáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄇㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐmáo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-mao²
  - Yale: chǐ-máu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiimau
  - Palladius: цимао (cimao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/
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    起毛
    起錨 / 起锚
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐmáor
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄇㄠˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐmáor
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-mao²-ʼrh
  - Yale: chǐ-máur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiimaul
  - Palladius: цимаор (cimaor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ maʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² naau⁴
  - Yale: héi nàauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² naau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² nao⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ naːu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-bâu
  - Tâi-lô: khí-bâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qy'baau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bau¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bau²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bau²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵chi ⁶mau; ⁵chi-mau
  - MiniDict: chi^去 mau^去; chi^去 mau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi ³mau; ²qi-mau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴ mɔ²³/, /t͡ɕʰi³³ mɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

起錨

(nautical) to raise anchor; to weigh anchor

Synonyms

拔錨／拔锚 (bámáo)
(Hokkien) 起碇 (qǐdìng)

Phrase

起錨

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