开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 夫 fú (classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion) syn 最初 zuì chū first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally syn 初步 chū bù initial / preliminary / tentative syn 供给 供給 gōng jǐ to furnish / to provide / supply (as in supply and demand) syn 初期 chū qī initial stage / beginning period syn 打响 打響 dǎ xiǎng to start shooting or firing / to win an initial success / to succeed (of a plan) syn 初始 chū shǐ initial / starting (point) syn 起价 起價 qǐ jià initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer) / prices starting from 订金 訂金 dìng jīn an initial payment / earnest money / deposit 后劲 後勁 hòu jìn energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect syn 五音 wǔ yīn five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1] 萌生 méng shēng to burgeon / to produce / to conceive / to be in the initial stage syn 字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable 先期 xiān qī the time before a certain date / in advance / beforehand / premature / initial period syn 初赛 初賽 chū sài preliminary contest / initial heats of a competition 补给站 補給站 bǔ jǐ zhàn depot / supply station / supply point / staging post 声母 聲母 shēng mǔ the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1]) 音韵 音韻 yīn yùn music / rhyme and rhythm / initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a Chinese character / phoneme 韵母 韻母 yùn mǔ the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang") 供销 供銷 gōng xiāo supply and marketing / distribution / supply and sales 首字母 shǒu zì mǔ initial letters 清零 淸零 qīng líng to restore sth to its initial state / to reset (an odometer etc) / to empty (a bank account) / to eradicate (a disease) / (computing) to clear (memory) / to zero (a hard drive) 双拼 雙拼 shuāng pīn (computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final) 头文字 頭文字 tóu wén zì initial / first letter of word (in Latin script) 起始点 起始點 qǐ shǐ diǎn initial point 补给线 supply line / line of supply 序 xù (bound form) order / sequence / (bound form) introductory / initial / preface syn 下马威 下馬威 xià mǎ wēi display of severity immediately on taking office / (fig.) initial show of strength 反切 fǎn qiè traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone 给 給 jǐ to supply / to provide syn 紧张 緊張 jǐn zhāng nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL:陣|阵[zhen4] syn 提供 tí gōng to offer / to supply / to provide / to furnish syn 供应 供應 gōng yìng to supply / to provide / to offer syn 补给 補給 bǔ jǐ supply / replenishment / to replenish syn 水源 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river syn 资 資 zī resources / capital / to provide / to supply / to support / money / expense syn 供货 供貨 gōng huò to supply goods 供水 gōng shuǐ to supply water 供电 供電 gōng diàn to supply electricity 断气 斷氣 duàn qì to stop breathing / to breathe one's last / to die / to cut the gas supply syn 货源 貨源 huò yuán supply of goods 供暖 gōng nuǎn to supply heating (in a building) / heating 加料 jiā liào to feed in / to load (raw material, supplies, fuel etc) / to supply / fortified (with added material) 紧缺 緊缺 jǐn quē in short supply / scarce syn 缺血 quē xuè (of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply / (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies 供不应求 供不應求 gōng bù yìng qiú supply does not meet demand syn 包饭 包飯 bāo fàn to get or supply meals for a monthly rate / to board / to provide board syn 供热 供熱 gōng rè heating (for a building) / to supply heating 给水 給水 jǐ shuǐ to supply water / to provide feedwater 吃紧 吃緊 chī jǐn in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important syn 供求 gōng qiú supply and demand (economics) syn 生源 shēng yuán supply of students / source of students 供需 gōng xū supply and demand syn 僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply syn 补缺 補缺 bǔ quē to fill a vacancy / to make up for a shortage / to supply a deficiency syn 补发 補發 bǔ fā to supply again (sth lost) / to reissue / to pay retroactively 银根 銀根 yín gēn (finance) money supply syn 供应链 供應鏈 gōng yīng liàn supply chain 供养 供養 gōng yǎng to supply / to provide for one's elders / to support one's parents syn 暂缺 暫缺 zàn quē currently in short supply / in deficit (of commodity) / currently vacant (position) 供应链管理 供應鏈管理 gōng yìng liàn guǎn lǐ supply chain management 价值链 價值鏈 supply chain / value chain 用光 yòng guāng out of (supply) / spent / exhausted (used up) / depleted 供过于求 供過於求 gōng guò yú qiú supply exceeds demand 菜篮子 菜籃子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply 供应站 供應站 supply point 物资供应 物資供應 wù zī gōng yìng supply of material 供水工程 water supply engineering 供水系统 供水系統 gōng shuǐ xì tǒng water supply system 货币供应 貨幣供應 money supply 粮站 糧站 liáng zhàn grain supply station 总供给 總供給 zǒng gōng jǐ aggregate supply 供 gōng to provide / to supply / to be for (the use or convenience of) syn 史泰博 shǐ tài bó Staples Inc., US office supply store 补给舰 補給艦 bǔ jǐ jiàn supply ship 高压电源 high voltage power supply 对对子 對對子 duì duì zǐ to supply the answering phrase 补给船 補給船 bǔ jǐ chuán supply ship 辎 輜 zī covered wagon / military supply wagon 零声母 零聲母 líng shēng mǔ (Chinese linguistics) zero initial (the initial of a syllable that does not begin with a consonant) 初次弹药发放 初次彈藥發放 initial issue of ammunition / first-line scale of ammunition / ammunition initial issue 基地台电源 base station power supply / base power supply 供应干事－一般供应和协助通知书 供應幹事－一般供應和協助通知書 supply officer, general supply and letters of assist 三十六字母 sān shí liù zì mǔ thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory 初步核算 初步覈算 chū bù hé suàn initial estimate 初声 初聲 chū shēng the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable 始点 始點 shǐ diǎn starting point / initial point 首次公开招股 首次公開招股 shǒu cì gōng kāi zhāo gǔ initial public offering (IPO) 最低初步成套服务 zuì dī chū bù chéng tào fù wù Minimum Initial Service Package 全球海洋观测系统的初步观测系统 GOOS Initial Observing System 初始视察 chū shǐ shì chá initial inspection / baseline inspection 危机局势中生殖健康最低初步成套服务 危機局勢中生殖健康最低初步成套服務 Minimum Initial Service Package for Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations 初始运作能力 初始運作能力 chū shǐ yùn zuò néng lì initial operating capability 初始宣布 chū shǐ xuān bù Initial Declaration 落实共同声明起步行动 落實共同聲明起步行動 Initial Actions for Implementation of the Joint Statement 最初阻滞阵地 最初阻滯陣地 initial delay position 初始警报 初始警報 initial alert 