ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.inceptive
起初
at first
初创
be newly established
初期
incipient stage
synonym
- 2
adj.first (in order)
初雪
first snow
初旬
first ten days of a month
初战
first battle
synonym
- 3
adv.for the first time
这热乎的饼初出炉。
This hot cake just came out of the oven.
我们两个初次见面。
We met for the first time.
她感冒初起，正要去医院。
She was on her way to the hospital when she first caught a cold.
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adj.elementary
初级班
elementary course
初等
primordial grade
- 5
adj.original
初愿
one's original intention
初心
initial feelings
和好如初
become friends again as before
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n.inception
十月初就开始下雪了。
It's been snowing since early October.
我朋友年初举办婚礼。
My friend got married at the beginning of the year.
旭日初升。
The sun is just rising.
Words and phrases with 初
- 初心[word]original wishes/intention
- 初升[word]initial rise
- 初恋[word]first love; fall in love for the first time
- 初步[word]preliminary; first step
- 初日[word]rising sun
- 初战[word]initial/first battle in a war or campaign
- 初产[word]primiparity
- 初等教育[word]education at the primary level
- 初潮[word]first menses
- 初来乍到[idiom]be a new/recent arrival
- 初生之犊[idiom]newborn calf
- 初出茅庐[idiom]at the beginning of one's career
- 初写黄庭[idiom]just right
- 初露头角[idiom]make first appearance
- 初露锋芒[idiom]begin to display one's talent
- 初试锋芒[idiom]display one's talent for the first time