| 1 | 初期 | 初期 | chū qī | chu1 qi1 | initial stage; beginning period | | |
| 2 | 最初 | 最初 | zuì chū | zui4 chu1 | first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally | | |
| 3 | 初 | 初 | chū | chu1 | at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic | | |
| 4 | 初步 | 初步 | chū bù | chu1 bu4 | initial; preliminary; tentative | | |
| 5 | 初中 | 初中 | chū zhōng | chu1 zhong1 | original intention; junior high school; abbr. for 初级中学 | | |
| 6 | 当初 | 當初 | dāng chū | dang1 chu1 | at that time; originally | | |
| 7 | 起初 | 起初 | qǐ chū | qi3 chu1 | originally; at first; at the outset | | |
| 8 | 初级 | 初級 | chū jí | chu1 ji2 | junior; primary | | |
| 9 | 年初 | 年初 | nián chū | nian2 chu1 | beginning of the year | | |
| 10 | 月初 | 月初 | yuè chū | yue4 chu1 | start of month; early in the month | | |
| 11 | 初次 | 初次 | chū cì | chu1 ci4 | for the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc) | | |
| 12 | 初年 | 初年 | chū nián | chu1 nian2 | early years | | |
| 13 | 初始 | 初始 | chū shǐ | chu1 shi3 | initial; starting (point) | | |
| 14 | 小升初 | 小升初 | xiǎo shēng chū | xiao3 sheng1 chu1 | progression from elementary school to junior high (abbr. for 小学生升入初中生 ) | | |
| 15 | 原初 | 原初 | yuán chū | yuan2 chu1 | initial; original; originally; at first | | |
| 16 | 初等 | 初等 | chū děng | chu1 deng3 | elementary (i.e. easy) | | |
| 17 | 初等代数 | 初等代數 | chū děng dài shù | chu1 deng3 dai4 shu4 | elementary algebra | | |
| 18 | 初春 | 初春 | chū chūn | chu1 chun1 | Early spring | | |
| 19 | 初创 | 初創 | chū chuàng | chu1 chuang4 | startup (company, phase etc); newly established; in the early stages | | |
| 20 | 初伏 | 初伏 | chū fú | chu1 fu2 | middle ten days of July, the first of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year | | |
| 21 | 初出茅庐 | 初出茅廬 | chū chū máo lú | chu1 chu1 mao2 lu2 | venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced; novice; greenhorn | | |
| 22 | 初估 | 初估 | chū gū | chu1 gu1 | to make a preliminary estimate | | |
| 23 | 初步设想 | 初步設想 | chū bù shè xiǎng | chu1 bu4 she4 xiang3 | tentative idea | | |
| 24 | 初级小学 | 初級小學 | chū jí xiǎo xué | chu1 ji2 xiao3 xue2 | lower elementary school (abbr. to 初小 ) | | |
| 25 | 初级中学 | 初級中學 | chū jí zhōng xué | chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2 | junior high school; junior middle school | | |