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起初
qǐ chū
HSK 2.0 Level 6
HSK 3.0 Level 7
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Definitions
- 1. originally
- 2. at first
- 3. at the outset
Example Sentences
3 shown起初 ，他不會說英語。
起初 我沒認出他來。
起初 她不喜歡馬。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.