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初
chū
Main
English Definitionat first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic
Simplified Script初
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyinchū
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄔㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping)co1
Part of Speech(名) noun, (副) adverb, (时间) time word
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=3 TOCFL=5,6

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Words With Same Head Word    
初步chūbùinitial; preliminary; tentative
初级chūjíjunior; primary
初中chūzhōngjunior high school; abbr. for 初级中学
初期chūqīinitial stage; beginning period
初一chūyīfirst day of lunar month; New Year's Day; first year in junior middle school
Words With Same Tail Word    
最初zuìchūfirst; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally
当初dāngchūat that time; originally
起初qǐchūoriginally; at first; at the outset
年初niánchūbeginning of the year
今年初jīnnián chūbeginning of this year
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