粵

起hei2頭tau4

simp起头
hei2 tau4qǐ tóu

English

  1. to start
  2. to get an erection; literally, to raise head
  3. at the beginning
  4. at first
  5. beginning

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 扯旗;勃起
  2. 一開始;啱啱起步

Examples

  • 萬事起頭難

    everything has a difficult beginning

  • 正當噉,門開得闊咗少少,有個長喉嘅生物抬起頭一陣,話:「兩個禮拜唔可以入去!」 然後又閂咗個門。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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