起
初

Originally in Chinese: 起初 (qǐ chū)

qǐ chū

originally

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1originally
  2. 2at first
  3. 3at the outset

Stroke order

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起
初

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄔㄨ

chū

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ u—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 起初我不习惯这里的天气。

    qǐ chū wǒ bù xí guàn zhè lǐ de tiān qì。

    At first I wasn't used to the weather here.

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Related words

起

qǐ

to rise

初

chū

at first

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

起飞

qǐ fēi

(of an aircraft) to take off

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

引起

yǐn qǐ

to give rise to

初级

chū jí

junior

最初

zuì chū

first

想起

xiǎng qǐ

to recall

初步

chū bù

initial

初一

chū yī

first day of lunar month

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