初 chū

beginning, initial, primary

HSK 5 #667

DEFINITIONS

  • beginning, initial, primary
  • at first
  • (at the) beginning
  • first
  • junior
  • basic

STROKES

WORDS

初试 chū shì preliminary exam; qualifying exam; first try; preliminary testing
初二 chū èr 2nd year in junior middle school; 2nd day of a lunar month; 2nd day of lunar New Year
初赛 chū sài preliminary contest; initial heats of a competition
初露锋芒 chū lù fēng máng first sign of budding talent; to display one's ability for the first time
悔不当初 huǐ bù dāng chū to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
初等 chū děng elementary (i.e. easy)
初等教育 chū děng jiào yù primary education; junior school education
初创 chū chuàng startup (company, phase etc); newly established; in the early stages
初级中学 chū jí zhōng xué junior high school; junior middle school
人之初，性本善 rén zhī chū ， xìng běn shàn man at birth is fundamentally good in nature; the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1]
元末明初 yuán mò míng chū late Yuan and early Ming; mid 14th century
凌蒙初 líng méng chū Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist; also written 凌蒙初; also written 凌濛初
凌濛初 líng méng chū Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist; also written 凌蒙初; also written 凌濛初
初伏 chū fú middle ten days of July, the first of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year
初估 chū gū to make a preliminary estimate
初來乍到 chū lái zhà dào to be a newcomer; just off the boat
初冬 chū dōng early winter
初出茅廬 chū chū máo lú venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom); young and inexperienced; novice; greenhorn
初刻拍案惊奇 chū kè pāi àn jīng qí Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]
初刻拍案驚奇 chū kè pāi àn jīng qí Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]
初創 chū chuàng startup (company, phase etc); newly established; in the early stages
初创公司 chū chuàng gōng sī new company; newly established enterprise
初創公司 chū chuàng gōng sī new company; newly established enterprise
初升 chū shēng rising (sun, moon etc)
初唐四杰 chū táng sì jié the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃[Wang2 Bo2], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[Yang2 Jiong3], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[Lu2 Zhao4 lin2], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[Luo4 Bin1 wang2]
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