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
- 初伏 middle ten days of July
- 明末清初 late Ming and early Qing; around the middle of the 17th century
- 初七 seventh day of the lunar month
- 初九 ninth day of the lunar month
- 初稿 an initial draft
- 初学者(初學者) beginning student
- 初试身手(初試身手) to have a try; to try one's hand; initial foray
- 元末明初 late Yuan and early Ming; mid 14th century
- 初六 sixth day of the lunar month
- 初期 initial stage; beginning period
- 初露 first sign (of budding talent)
- 汉末魏初(漢末魏初) late Han and early Wei
- 初出茅庐(初出茅廬) venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time; young and inexperienced; novice; greenhorn
- 初估 to make a preliminary estimate
- 初等代数(初等代數) elementary algebra
- 正月初一 New Year's Day in the lunar calendar
- 初版 first edition ; to be first published
- 初等 primary; elementary
- 初选(初選) primary election
- 初妻 first wife
- 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
- 人之初,性本善 man at birth is fundamentally good in nature
- 初赛(初賽) preliminary match; a heat
- 初更 first watch
- 往初 former times; in olden days
- 初级中学(初級中學) junior high school; junior middle school
- 初八 eighth day of a lunar month ; seventh day of the lunar month
- 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
- 初潮 menarche
- 初始 initial; first
- 初级(初級) junior; primary
- 起初 at first; at the outset
- 初祖 first patriarch; founder
- 初犯 first offender; first offense
- 最初 first; outset; start
- 初级小学(初級小學) lower elementary school
- 初字 a courtesy title
- 初吉 first day of the lunar month ; beginning luck
- 初露头角(初露頭角) to first show one's horns; a first show of emerging talent; first sign of emerging talent
- 初露锋芒(初露鋒芒) first sign of budding talent; to display one's ability for the first time
- 初设(初設) first founded
- 初十 tenth day of the lunar month
- 初见(初見) to see for the first time
- 初审(初審) preliminary trial; preliminary investigation
Also contained in
明初 、 凌濛初 、 初声 、 初机 、 唐初八史 、 法界次第初门 、 初唐
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
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