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Information of 初

Pinyin chū

Radical

刀

Strokes

7 strokes

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Definition

at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic

初 [chū] Meaning: 1. Beginning, start: - 开始时，开始的部分：～始 (beginning). - 正月～一 (the first day of the first month). - ～旬 (the first ten days of a month). - ～稿 (initial draft). - ～等 (initial stage). - ～版 (first edition). - ～试 (initial trial). - ～创 (initial creation). - ～叶 (referring to the earliest stage of a historical period). - ～夜 (a. when night first falls; b. the first night of marriage). 2. Original, original situation: - 原来的，原来的情况：～衷 (original intentions). - 和好如～ (as harmonious as in the past). 3. Surname: - 姓 (a family name). 4. The first in order: - 表示次序居第一 ([En.] the first in order). 5. Original: - 本，本来的 ([En.] original). 6. In former times, in the past: - 往昔;当初 ([En.] in former times). 7. Just, only: - 表示时间、频率，相当于“才”、“刚刚” ([En.] just; only). 8. Whole, all: - 全;本来就 ([En.] whole; all). 9. A prefix indicating the order of the first ten days of the lunar month: - 加在“一”至“十”的前面，表示农历一个月前十天的次序 ([En.] used before numbers one to ten to indicate the first ten days of a lunar month). Example: - 三月初一 (the first day of the third lunar month). - 七月初十 (the tenth day of the seventh lunar month).

唐初 táng chū

early Tang Dynasty

初夏 chū xià

early summer

初始化 chū shǐ huà

(computing) to initialize / initialization

初出茅庐 chū chū máo lú

venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn

最初 zuì chū

first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally

当初 dāng chū

at that time / originally

初期 chū qī

initial stage / beginning period

初级 chū jí

junior / primary

年初 nián chū

beginning of the year

起初 qǐ chū

originally / at first / at the outset

初时 chū shí

At first

初级阶段 chū jí jiē duàn

initial stage / primary stage

初年 chū nián

early years

月初 yuè chū

start of month / early in the month

初次 chū cì

for the first time / first (meeting, attempt etc)

清初 qīng chū

Early Qing

初一 chū yī

first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school

明末清初 Míng mò Qīng chū

late Ming and early Qing / around the middle of the 17th century

初等教育 chū děng jiào yù

primary education / junior school education

初三 chū sān

third year in junior middle school

初衷 chū zhōng

original intention or aspiration

初始 chū shǐ

initial / starting (point)

初恋 chū liàn

first love

初冬 chū dōng

early winter

如梦初醒 rú mèng chū xǐng

as if wakening from a dream

初步 chū bù

initial / preliminary / tentative

初露端倪 chū lù duān ní

reveal its importance for the first time / make first appearance

初见端倪 chū jiàn duān ní

have an inkling of the matter / begin to take shape

初具规模 chū jù guī mó

begin to take shape

初涉 chū shè

For the first time