Chinese Notes

初 chū

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

初十 tenth day of the lunar month
汉末魏初(漢末魏初) late Han and early Wei
初生 newborn; nascent; primary
最初 first; outset; start
人之初，性本善 man at birth is fundamentally good in nature
初创公司(初創公司) new company; newly established enterprise
初试(初試) preliminary exam; qualifying exam; first try; preliminary testing
初等 primary; elementary
初创(初創) initially; in the early stages
初露 first sign (of budding talent)
初五 fifth day of the lunar month
太初 the absolute beginning ; the Way ; ancient; early period ; Taichu
初期 initial stage; beginning period
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
阿初佛 Aksobhya
初始 initial; first
如初 as before; as ever
初露锋芒(初露鋒芒) first sign of budding talent; to display one's ability for the first time
一本初衷 according to original intention
往初 former times; in olden days
初级中学(初級中學) junior high school; junior middle school
太初历(太初曆) Grand Inception Calendar System
情窦初开(情竇初開) first awakening of love (usually of a girl)
初伏 middle ten days of July
初秋 early autumn
初阶(初階) initial steps
初试身手(初試身手) to have a try; to try one's hand; initial foray
初年 early years ; the first spring month
初叶(初葉) early part (of a decade, century etc); the first years
初版 first edition ; to be first published
初二 second day of the lunar month ; the second year of middle school; eighth grade
初犯 first offender; first offense
初八 eighth day of a lunar month ; seventh day of the lunar month
初级小学(初級小學) lower elementary school
初会遇(初會遇) first encounter
初冬 early winter
初等教育 primary education
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
初字 a courtesy title
初夜 early evening ; wedding night
初小 lower elementary school
初衷 original intention
靡不有初，鲜克有终(靡不有初，鮮克有終) almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end; don't start sth you can't handle
初中生 junior high student

Also contained in

民初、载初、清末民初、初唐、永初、唐初八史

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卷31　志第26 地理下 Volume 31 Treatises 26: Geography 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 277
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