初
Meaning
chū chu1
- at first
- (at the) beginning
- first
- junior
- basic
Example sentences
- In the Ming Dynasty (early 15th century) the centre of Beijing was the Forbidden City.
HSK words with 初
- 当初dāngchūat that time
- 初步chūbùinitial
- 初中chūzhōngjunior high school (abbr. for 初级中学)
- 初级chūjíjunior
- 年初niánchūbeginning of the year
- 初一chūyīfirst day of lunar month
- 最初zuìchūfirst
- 初期chūqīinitial stage
- 初等chūděngelementary (i.e. easy)
- 起初qǐchūoriginally
- 初次chūcìfor the first time
- 初衷chūzhōngoriginal intention
- 月初yuèchūstart of month