| 1 | 初期 | 初期 | chū qī | chu1 qi1 | initial stage; beginning period | | |
| 2 | 初 | 初 | chū | chu1 | at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic | | |
| 3 | 初步 | 初步 | chū bù | chu1 bu4 | initial; preliminary; tentative | | |
| 4 | 初级 | 初級 | chū jí | chu1 ji2 | junior; primary | | |
| 5 | 初次 | 初次 | chū cì | chu1 ci4 | for the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc) | | |
| 6 | 初年 | 初年 | chū nián | chu1 nian2 | early years | | |
| 7 | 初始 | 初始 | chū shǐ | chu1 shi3 | initial; starting (point) | | |
| 8 | 初生 | 初生 | chū shēng | chu1 sheng1 | rising (sun, moon etc); initial (i.e. initial consonant of a syllable in Asian phonetics); newborn; nascent; primary (biology) | | |
| 9 | 初步核算 | 初步覈算 | chū bù hé suàn | chu1 bu4 he2 suan4 | initial estimate | | |
| 10 | 初中生 | 初中生 | chū zhōng shēng | chu1 zhong1 sheng1 | junior high student | | |
| 11 | 初九 | 初九 | chū jiǔ | chu1 jiu3 | Ninth day | | |
| 12 | 初见 | 初見 | chū jiàn | chu1 jian4 | First meeting | | |
| 13 | 初级中学 | 初級中學 | chū jí zhōng xué | chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2 | junior high school; junior middle school | | |
| 14 | 初步设想 | 初步設想 | chū bù shè xiǎng | chu1 bu4 she4 xiang3 | tentative idea | | |
| 15 | 初潮 | 初潮 | chū cháo | chu1 chao2 | menarche | | |
| 16 | 初估 | 初估 | chū gū | chu1 gu1 | to make a preliminary estimate | | |
| 17 | 初更 | 初更 | chū gēng | chu1 geng1 | first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old) | | |
| 18 | 初稿 | 初稿 | chū gǎo | chu1 gao3 | first draft (of writing) | | |
| 19 | 初犯 | 初犯 | chū fàn | chu1 fan4 | first offender; first offense | | |
| 20 | 初二 | 初二 | chū èr | chu1 er4 | 2nd year in junior middle school; 2nd day of a lunar month; 2nd day of lunar New Year | | |
| 21 | 初冬 | 初冬 | chū dōng | chu1 dong1 | early winter | | |
| 22 | 初等教育 | 初等教育 | chū děng jiào yù | chu1 deng3 jiao4 yu4 | primary education; junior school education | | |
| 23 | 初等代数 | 初等代數 | chū děng dài shù | chu1 deng3 dai4 shu4 | elementary algebra | | |
| 24 | 初等 | 初等 | chū děng | chu1 deng3 | elementary (i.e. easy) | | |
| 25 | 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 | | |