初

The character "初" has 7 strokes. "初" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "初" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "初" are "chū" . View the stroke order of "初">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "初"

adj.: inceptive; initial; at the beginning (of sth); during the early part (of sth); original; first (in order); elementary; rudimentary

n.: inception; beginning (of sth); early part (of sth)

adv.: for the first time; just beginning (to do sth)

• inceptive : adj.开始的；初期的；表示动作开始的
• initial : adj.最初的；开始的；位于词首的
• original : adj.起初的；原来的；原著；原作；创新的；独创的；开始的；首先的
• elementary : adj.基本的；基础的；初级的；最基本的；简单的；最基础的；容易的；单一元素的；非化合物的
• rudimentary : adj.基本的；初步的；起码的；未成熟的；尚未发展完全的；雏形的
• inception : n.开业；开始；开端；创始；（Inception）《盗梦空间》（电影名）
• for the first time : 第一次；从一开始

Form words with "初"

八月初 in early August

世纪初 early part of a century

二十世纪初 beginning of the 20th century

Example phrases using "初"

• 弗莱明在２０世纪初首次发现了青霉素。

  Fleming discovered penicillin early in the twentieth century.

• 他们一心要为赛季初０比３的惨败雪耻。

  They are keen to avenge a 3-0 early-season defeat.

• 微型计算机于２０世纪７０年代初问世。

  Microcomputers arrived at the start of the 1970s.

• 电影初放映时片中的残忍镜头使观众反感。

  Audiences at early screenings of the film were repulsed by its brutality.

• 重要的是要考虑２０世纪７０年代初达到的位置。

  It is important to have in view the position reached at the beginning of the 1970s.

• 我第一次见他时是在巴黎，６０年代初我住在那里。

  I first saw him in Paris, where I lived in the early sixties.

• 首先是精神矍铄的初老期，与中年几乎没有什么不同。

  First there was green old age, hardly different from middle age.

• 初看起来像是专业上失误的案例

  [as adj.]a prima facie case of professional misconduct

• 我初到伦敦求学时,他们善待我.

  They befriended me when I first arrived in London as a student.

• 军旅生涯的渐淡、人生的初起步。

  The troops career is gradually thin, the early start of the life.