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初

Beginning of the year in Chinese: 年初 (nián chū)

nián chū

beginning of the year

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Definitions

  1. 1beginning of the year

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年
初

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ㄋㄧㄢˊ

nián

ㄋ/ nㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄔㄨ

chū

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ u—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 年初的时候，我开始学游泳。

    nián chū de shí hòu， wǒ kāi shǐ xué yóu yǒng。

    At the start of the year, I began learning to swim.

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Related words

年

nián

year

初

chū

at first

去年

qù nián

last year

年级

nián jí

grade

年轻

nián qīng

young

年龄

nián líng

(a person's) age

初级

chū jí

junior

年代

nián dài

a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)

年纪

nián jì

age

最初

zuì chū

first

半年

bàn nián

half a year

今年

jīn nián

this year

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