初
Meaning
- (bound form) at first; initially
- (bound form) first; early
- (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
Example sentence
初次见面。
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Words containing 初
- 初步 chū bù initial
- 初级 chū jí junior
- 初中 chū zhōng junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])
- 当初 dāng chū at that time
- 年初 nián chū beginning of the year
Learned around the same time
- 成长 chéng zhǎng to mature
- 城 chéng city walls
- 城市 chéng shì city; town
- 程度 chéng dù degree; level; extent
- 持续 chí xù to continue
- 充满 chōng mǎn full of
- 除了 chú le apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，誰也沒來|除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，他也會法語|除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French")
- 处理 chǔ lǐ to handle; to deal with
- 传 chuán to pass on