初
衷

Original intention in Chinese: 初衷 (chū zhōng)

chū zhōng

original intention

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1original intention

Stroke order

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初
衷

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄔㄨ

chū

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ u—/ first tone

ㄓㄨㄥ

zhōng

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 我们不能忘记当初做这件事的初衷。

    wǒ men bù néng wàng jì dāng chū zuò zhè jiàn shì de chū zhōng。

    We must not forget our original intention for doing this.

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Related words

初

chū

at first

初级

chū jí

junior

最初

zuì chū

first

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

年初

nián chū

beginning of the year

初期

chū qī

initial stage

初等

chū děng

elementary (i.e. easy)

初次

chū cì

for the first time

起初

qǐ chū

originally

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