初 chū
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chū
adverb
at first; at the beginning; initially
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 初 is used in both Literary Chinese as Modern Chinese in this sense and is often used at the start of a sentence (CED '初' 1; Kroll 2015 '初' 1; NCCED '初' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 11). -
chū
prefix
used to prefix numbers
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Especially the first several days of the month in the lunar calendar (NCCED '初' 4) -
chū
prefix
used as a prefix incidating the first time or part of something
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 初年 'early years' (CED '初' 2; Kroll 2015 '初' 2; NCCED '初' 2; Sun 2006, loc. 691) -
chū
adverb
just now
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '初' 3) -
chū
particle
thereupon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '初' 4) -
chū
adverb
an intensifying adverb
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '初' 5) -
chū
adjective
rudimentary; elementary
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 初级 'elementary level' (CED '初' 4; NCCED '初' 6) -
chū
adjective
original
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CED '初' 5; NCCED '初' 3)
Contained in
- 元末明初 late Yuan and early Ming; mid 14th century
- 初七 seventh day of the lunar month
- 本初子午线(本初子午線) the first meridian; the prime meridian
- 初年 early years ; the first spring month
- 初稿 an initial draft
- 初五 fifth day of the lunar month
- 初恋(初戀) first love
- 悔不当初(悔不當初) to regret one's past deeds
- 起初 at first; at the outset
- 完好如初 intact, as if untouched
- 初创公司(初創公司) new company; newly established enterprise
- 初中生 junior high student
- 躲得过初一,躲不过十五(躲得過初一,躲不過十五) you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out; you can't put it off forever
- 和好如初 to bury the hatchet; to become reconciled
- 唐初四大家 Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang
- 初小 lower elementary school
- 初升 rising (sun, moon etc)
- 明末清初 late Ming and early Qing; around the middle of the 17th century
- 初妻 first wife
- 初创(初創) initially; in the early stages
- 初出茅庐(初出茅廬) venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time; young and inexperienced; novice; greenhorn
- 初叶(初葉) early part (of a decade, century etc); the first years
- 初设(初設) first founded
- 初试(初試) preliminary exam; qualifying exam; first try; preliminary testing
- 初时(初時) initially; at the outset
- 初生之犊不畏虎(初生之犢不畏虎) a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger; the fearlessness of youth
- 初六 sixth day of the lunar month
- 初恋感觉(初戀感覺) feelings of first love
- 开初(開初) at the outset; at first; early
- 初选(初選) primary election
- 启初(啟初) at the start
- 旭日初升 the sun is beginning to rise; conditions are getting better
- 早知今日何必当初(早知今日何必當初) if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus
- 初估 to make a preliminary estimate
- 初中 junior high school; middle school
- 初来乍到(初來乍到) to be a newcomer
- 一本初衷 according to original intention
- 初审(初審) preliminary trial; preliminary investigation
- 初等 primary; elementary
- 月初 start of month; early in the month
- 华灯初上(華燈初上) early evening when lanterns are first lit
- 初等教育 primary education
- 初吉 first day of the lunar month ; beginning luck
- 格林尼治本初子午线(格林尼治本初子午線) the Greenwich meridian
Also contained in
法界次第初门 、 初声 、 初发心 、 阿初佛 、 初始化 、 易初莲花 、 初刻拍案惊奇
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
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