当
初

At that time in Chinese: 当初 (dāng chū)

dāng chū

at that time

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 當初1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1at that time
  2. 2originally

Stroke order

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当
初

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ㄉㄤ

dāng

ㄉ/ dㄤ/ ang—/ first tone

ㄔㄨ

chū

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ u—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

当初

Simplified

當初

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 当初我们不该那样做。

    dāng chū wǒ men bù gāi nà yàng zuò。

    We shouldn't have done that back then.

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Related words

当

dāng

(onom.) dong

初

chū

at first

当然

dāng rán

only natural

当地

dāng dì

local

当时

dāng shí

then

初级

chū jí

junior

当代

dāng dài

the present age

上当

shàng dàng

taken in (by sb's deceit)

相当

xiāng dāng

equivalent to

最初

zuì chū

first

初步

chū bù

initial

初一

chū yī

first day of lunar month

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