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See also: 始终

Chinese

	begin	end; finish
trad. (始終)	始	終
simp. (始终)	始	终
anagram	終始／终始

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǐzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄕˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
Category:Mandarin terms with audio pronunciation
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci² zung¹
Gan (Wiktionary): 'si³ zung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́-chûng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sí-chiong
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵sy-tson₁ / ¹syu₃-tson₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǐzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˇ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǐhjhong
  - Wade–Giles: shih³-chung¹
  - Yale: shř-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyyjong
  - Palladius: шичжун (šičžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ci² zung¹
  - Yale: chí jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi² dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qi² zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: 'si³ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈsz̩²¹³⁻¹³ t͡suŋ⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˋ zung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si³ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ³¹ t͡suŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí-chiong
  - Tâi-lô: sí-tsiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: syciofng
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /si⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /si⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /si⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sy-tson₁
  - MiniDict: sy^去 tson^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-tson₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ t͡soŋ⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹syu₃-tson₁
  - MiniDict: syu^上 tson^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sz̩ʷ⁴⁴ t͡soŋ/

Adverb

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throughout; consistently; from beginning to end
他們在比賽中始終佔優。 [MSC, trad.]
他们在比赛中始终占优。 [MSC, simp.]
Tāmen zài bǐsài zhōng shǐzhōng zhànyōu. [Pinyin]
They were on top throughout the match.
Category:Mandarin terms with usage examples
- 刊行以來，這本書在港、臺及世界各地的華人中始終擁有廣大的讀者群。 [MSC, trad.]
  刊行以来，这本书在港、台及世界各地的华人中始终拥有广大的读者群。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1965: Pai Hsien-yung, Taipei People, Editor's Preface
  Kānxíng yǐlái, zhè běn shū zài Gǎng, Tái jí shìjiè gèdì de huárén zhōng shǐzhōng yōngyǒu guǎngdà de dúzhěqún. [Pinyin]
  Since publication, this book has consistently had a large readership in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Chinese communities the world over.
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eventually; one day
佢始終會去多倫多。 [Cantonese, trad.]
佢始终会去多伦多。 [Cantonese, simp.]
keoi⁵ ci² zung¹ wui⁵ heoi³ do¹ leon⁴ do¹. [Jyutping]
One day, he will go to Toronto.
Category:Cantonese terms with usage examples

Synonyms

(throughout):

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一向 (yīxiàng)
一徑 / 一径 (⁷iq-cin₅) (Wu)
一直 (yīzhí)
一貫 / 一贯 (yīguàn)
一路 (yīlù)
一路來 / 一路来 (Xiang)
不嬲 (Cantonese)
取總 / 取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
向來 / 向来 (xiànglái)
少來 / 少来 (shǎolái) (literary)
從來 / 从来 (cónglái)
從到今 / 从到今 (Hokkien)
暴憑 / 暴凭 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien)
步頻 / 步频 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
歷來 / 历来 (lìlái)
牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
生天 (Suzhounese)
直直 (Hokkien)
素來 / 素来 (sùlái) (literary)
終始 / 终始 (zhōngshǐ)
跇頭 / 跇头 (Eastern Min)
透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)

(eventually):

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到尾 (Eastern Min)
到底 (dàodǐ)
卒之 (zeot¹ zi¹) (Cantonese)
算是 (suànshì)
終 / 终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds)
終久 / 终久 (zhōngjiǔ)
終於 / 终于 (zhōngyú)
終歸 / 终归 (zhōngguī)
終究 / 终究 (zhōngjiū)
終須 / 终须 (zung¹ seoi¹) (Cantonese)
總是 / 总是 (zǒngshì)
總歸 / 总归 (zǒngguī)
總算 / 总算 (zǒngsuàn)
高低 (gāodī)

Noun

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beginning and/to end; the whole story; entire process

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
始	終
し Grade: 3	しゅう > じゅう Grade: 3
on'yomi

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しじゅう [shíꜜjùù] (Atamadaka – [1])
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Adverb

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beginning to end, continuously
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 6, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
  私(わたくし)は小(こ)供(ども)のうちから市(し)にいる叔父(おじ)の家(うち)へ始(し)終(じゅう)遊(あそ)びに行(い)きました。
  Watakushi wa kodomo no uchi kara shi ni iru oji no uchi e shijū asobi ni ikimashita.
  When I was a child I was always going over to my uncle's house in the city to play.
  Category:Japanese terms with quotations#ししゅう'
finally