初
HSK 3freq #1869
Meanings
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- 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[chū sān] "the third"
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Wiktionary
- 1.initial; inceptive
- 2.first
- 3.prefix of dates from 1ˢᵗ to 10ᵗʰ in the Chinese calendar
- 4.original
- 5.elementary; basic
- 6.beginning; start
- 7.just
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 衤 (“clothes”) + 刀 (“knife; to cut”) – start making clothes by cutting the cloth. The various 𢀰-shaped glyphs are or are evolved from Zetian characters.
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Components
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Example sentences
他们五月初到了大阪。
They arrived in Osaka at the beginning of May.
初學者應先學習口說英語。
Beginners should learn spoken English first.
湯姆是個初學者，但他趕上得很快。
Tom's a beginner, but he catches on fast.
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Derived terms
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