初
Ancient forms
4 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
Example sentences
- In the Ming Dynasty (early 15th century) the centre of Beijing was the Forbidden City.
HSK words with 初
- 当初 dāngchū at that time
- 初步 chūbù initial
- 初中 chūzhōng junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学)
- 初级 chūjí junior
- 年初 niánchū beginning of the year
- 初一 chūyī first day of lunar month
- 最初 zuìchū first
- 初期 chūqī initial stage
- 初等 chūděng elementary (i.e. easy)
- 起初 qǐchū originally
- 初次 chūcì for the first time
- 初衷 chūzhōng original intention
- 月初 yuèchū start of month