初
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Definitions
- 1. at first
- 2. (at the) beginning
- 3. first
- 4. junior
- 5. basic
Words Containing 初
initial stage
for the first time
initial
elementary (i.e. easy)
junior
original intention
beginning of the year
first
start of month
at that time
originally
man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[sān zì jīng])
late Yuan and early Ming
Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist
first day of lunar month
third year in junior middle school
junior high student
2nd year in junior middle school
the first of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[sān fú]), which typically begins in mid-July and lasts 10 days
to make a preliminary estimate
to be a newcomer
early winter
venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[líng méng chū]
startup (company, phase etc)
startup company
rising (sun, moon etc)
the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃[wáng bó], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[yáng jiǒng], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[lú zhào lín], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[luò bīn wáng]
early summer
early evening
initial
(computing) to initialize
to marry for the first time
beginning student
preliminary trial
early years
(one's) original intention, aspiration etc
first love
feelings of first love
to conduct an exploratory foray into (an area of study, a market etc)
archaic (and simpler) form of a Chinese character
tentative idea
menarche
first offender
newborn
see 初生之犢不畏虎|初生之犊不畏虎[chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ]
lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
early autumn
first draft (of writing)
elementary algebra
primary education
junior high school
the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable
early part (of a decade, century etc)
first founded
preliminary exam
to have a try
preliminary contest
primary election
first sign (of budding talent)
first sign of budding talent
first sign of budding talent
lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
initial
to bury the hatchet
Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang
the absolute beginning
as before
intact
beginning of an age
Zhang Jingchu (1980-), PRC actress
(literary) former times
to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū]
if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
the early Ming (i.e. from second half of 14th century)
late Ming and early Qing
Lotus (department store chain)
the first meridian
the Greenwich meridian
New Year's Day in the lunar calendar
the late Qing and early Republic, i.e. China around 1911
late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD)
early evening when lanterns are first lit
lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)
see 躲得過初一，躲不過十五|躲得过初一，躲不过十五[duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ]
at the outset
almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle