初
次

For the first time in Chinese: 初次 (chū cì)

chū cì

for the first time

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1for the first time
  2. 2first (meeting, attempt etc)

Stroke order

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初
次

Zhuyin

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ㄔㄨ

chū

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ u—/ first tone

ㄘˋ

cì

ㄘ/ cˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这是我初次来到这座美丽的城市。

    zhè shì wǒ chū cì lái dào zhè zuò měi lì de chéng shì。

    This is my first time coming to this beautiful city.

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Related words

次

cì

next in sequence

初

chū

at first

其次

qí cì

next

初级

chū jí

junior

次要

cì yào

secondary

最初

zuì chū

first

上次

shàng cì

last time

下次

xià cì

next time

初步

chū bù

initial

初一

chū yī

first day of lunar month

初中

chū zhōng

junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学)

当初

dāng chū

at that time

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