起跑線

Chinese

		to start a race; to start to run in a race	thread; string; wire thread; string; wire; line
trad. (起跑線/起跑綫)		起跑	線/綫
simp. (起跑线)		起跑	线

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǐpǎoxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄆㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² paau² sin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qǐpǎoxiàn [Phonetic: qípǎoxiàn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄆㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cǐpǎosiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi³-pʻao³-hsien⁴
  - Yale: chǐ-pǎu-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiipaoshiann
  - Palladius: ципаосянь (cipaosjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² paau² sin³
  - Yale: héi páau sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² paau² sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² pao² xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ pʰaːu̯³⁵ siːn³³/

Noun

起跑線

(athletics) starting line (of a race); scratch line
(figurative) starting point; starting line
輸在起跑線上／输在起跑线上 ― shū zài qǐpǎoxiàn shàng ― to lose at the starting line

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