初秋

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	autumn; fall; harvest time autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
trad. (初秋)		初	秋
simp. ^#(初秋)		初	秋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūqiū

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄑㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ cau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chūqiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄑㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuciou
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chʻiu¹
  - Yale: chū-chyōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchiou
  - Palladius: чуцю (čucju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: co¹ cau¹
  - Yale: chō chāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ tsau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: co¹ ceo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

Noun

初秋

early autumn

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (初秋):

→ Japanese: 初秋(しょしゅう) (shoshū)
→ Korean: 초추(初秋) (chochu)
→ Vietnamese: sơ thu (初秋)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	秋
しょ Grade: 4	しゅう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょしゅう [shòshúú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ɕɨᵝː]

Noun

初(しょ)秋(しゅう) • (shoshū) ^{←しよしう (syosiu)^?}

beginning of autumn

Related terms

秋(あき) (aki): autumn
晩秋(ばんしゅう) (banshū): ending of autumn

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
初	秋

Noun

初秋 • (chochu) (hangeul 초추)

Hanja form^? of 초추 (“early autumn”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
初	秋

Noun

初秋

chữ Hán form of sơ thu.

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