zh
Sign in Start free

初

chū

at first; initially

HSK 58 strokes

+ Review this word

Meanings

chū

  1. (bound form) at first; initially
  2. (bound form) first; early
  3. (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"

In sentences

本běn世纪shì jì初chū以来yǐ lái,产生chǎn shēng了le很hěn多duō进步jìn bù。Many improvements have been made since this century began. #8500213

她tā大病dà bìng初chū愈yù。She recovered from her long illness. #2411904

他们tā men五月Wǔ yuè初chū到dào了le大阪Dà bǎn。They arrived in Osaka at the beginning of May. #512426

明代Míng dài十五shí wǔ世纪shì jì初chū紫禁城Zǐ jìn chéng是shì北京Běi jīng的de中心zhōng xīn。In the Ming Dynasty (early 15th century) the centre of Beijing was the Forbidden City. #747877

当局dāng jú在zài疫情yì qíng之zhī初chū几乎jī hū没有méi yǒu透露tòu lù关于guān yú新型冠状病毒xīn xíng guān zhuàng bìng dú的de有用yǒu yòng信息xìn xī。The authorities disclosed little useful information about the spread of COVID-19 at the beginning of the outbreak. #8563310

Words with 初