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原始

yuán shǐ
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6 Adjective Common

Definitions

  1. 1. first
  2. 2. original
  3. 3. primitive
  4. 4. original (document etc)

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Usage notes

Common mistakes

不要将“原始”与“原来”混淆。“原来”侧重此前的状态,而“原始”指最古老的或最初的、未开发的。

Formality

在正式文件中“原始数据”比“最初的数据”更书面化。

Example Sentences

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这些是 原始 森林。
These are primeval forests.
Tatoeba是開放 原始 碼軟體。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 808636)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org. AI-generated examples are marked with this icon.