初

Meaning(locality, adverb, vocab.word.pos.g)

at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic

Lunar days 1–10 use 初: 初一 (1st), 初五 (5th).

Examples

• 我下个月初回国。

  wǒ xià gè yuè chū huí guó.

  I'm going back home at the start of next month.

• 他是初中老师。

  tā shì chū zhōng lǎo shī.

  He's a junior high school teacher.

• 这是我初次来中国。

  zhè shì wǒ chū cì lái zhōng guó.

  This is my first time in China.

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