首倡

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	initiate; instigate; introduce initiate; instigate; introduce; lead
simp. and trad. (首倡)		首	倡
anagram		倡首

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuchàng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² coeng³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-chhiòng / siú-chhiàng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuchàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄔㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuchàng
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-chʻang⁴
  - Yale: shǒu-chàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouchanq
  - Palladius: шоучан (šoučan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² coeng³
  - Yale: sáu cheung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² tsoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² cêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-chhiòng
  - Tâi-lô: siú-tshiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwchioxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-chhiàng
  - Tâi-lô: siú-tshiàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siwchiaxng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰiaŋ²¹/

Verb

首倡

(literary) to be the first to advocate; to initiate; to start
alternative form of 首唱

Synonyms

(to be the first to advocate): (Hokkien) 起頭挖兄／起头挖兄