Character

初 chū

beginning, initial, primary

HSK 5 #667

最初 zuì chū HSK 5	first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally
初级 chū jí HSK 5	junior; primary
当初 dāng chū HSK 6	at that time; originally
起初 qǐ chū HSK 6	originally; at first; at the outset
初步 chū bù HSK 6	initial; preliminary; tentative
初恋 chū liàn	first love
初次 chū cì	for the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc)
初中 chū zhōng	junior high school; abbr. for 初級中學\|初级中学[chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]
初期 chū qī	initial stage; beginning period
初衷 chū zhōng	original intention
初始 chū shǐ	initial; starting (point)
初学者 chū xué zhě	beginning student
初始化 chū shǐ huà	(computing) to initialize; initialization
初选 chū xuǎn	primary election
初犯 chū fàn	first offender; first offense
初稿 chū gǎo	first draft (of writing)
初中生 chū zhōng shēng	junior high student
初一 chū yī	first day of lunar month; New Year's Day; first year in junior middle school
年初 nián chū	beginning of the year
初出茅庐 chū chū máo lú	venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced; novice; greenhorn
初来乍到 chū lái zhà dào	to be a newcomer; just off the boat
初审 chū shěn	preliminary trial
初三 chū sān	third year in junior middle school
月初 yuè chū	start of month; early in the month
初夏 chū xià	early summer

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