首義

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (首義)		首	義
simp. (首义)		首	义

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒuyì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² ji⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-gī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuyì
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-i⁴
  - Yale: shǒu-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouyih
  - Palladius: шоуи (šoui)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    手藝 / 手艺
    首邑
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² ji⁶
  - Yale: sáu yih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² ji⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² yi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ jiː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-gī
  - Tâi-lô: siú-gī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siw'gi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi²²/

Verb

首義

(literary) to reveal the main idea
(literary) to be the first to stage an uprising

Synonyms

(to stage an uprising):

亂逆 / 乱逆 (luànnì) (literary)
兵變 / 兵变 (bīngbiàn) (to mutiny)
動亂 / 动乱 (dòngluàn)
反亂 / 反乱 (fǎnluàn)
反叛 (fǎnpàn)
反天 (fǎntiān) (literary)
反抗 (fǎnkàng)
反水 (fǎnshuǐ) (dialectal)
叛亂 / 叛乱 (pànluàn)
叛變 / 叛变 (pànbiàn)
嘩變 / 哗变 (huábiàn) (to mutiny)
悖亂 / 悖乱 (bèiluàn) (literary)
暴亂 / 暴乱 (bàoluàn)
暴動 / 暴动 (bàodòng)
暴獄 / 暴狱 (bàoyù) (of prisoners)
發難 / 发难 (fānàn)
舉事 / 举事 (jǔshì) (literary, euphemism)
舉義 / 举义 (jǔyì) (literary)
起事 (qǐshì)
起兵 (qǐbīng)
起手 (qǐshǒu)
起義 / 起义 (qǐyì)
逆亂 / 逆乱 (nìluàn) (literary)
造反 (zàofǎn)