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Pinyin: chū
English Definition: at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic
Chinese Definition:
①开始时,开始的部分:初始。正月初一。初旬。初稿。初等。初版。初试。初创。初绽。初叶(指某一历史时期的最初一段)。初夜(a。指进入夜晚不久的时候;b。指新婚第一夜)。
②原来的,原来的情况:初衷。和好如初。
③姓氏。
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Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Ideographic: Cutting the cloth is the first step in making clothes
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Example Words
初步 chū initial; preliminary; tentative
最初 zuì chū first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally
当初 dāng chū at that time; originally
初期 chū initial stage; beginning period
年初 nián chū beginning of the year
More: 初* | *初 | *初*
Example Sentences
1
I am a mere beginner.
2
The women with elder brothers had started their periods almost a year later than others.
3
There is a review of elementary geometry below.
4
We befriended her when she first arrived in Beijing as a guest.
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48
"I spoke with Miami early this week and they had no idea at that time what was going on," a player agent said of the dramatic turn of events these past 48 hours.