Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- chū
English
- beginning, initial, primary
- (bound form) at first; initially
- early; the beginning of
- a prefix before numerals 一 one to 十 ten, to indicate the first ten days in a month in the lunar calendar
- (bound form) first; early
- for the first time
- (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- just beginning to; just happened
- elementary; junior
粵語
- 開始,開端,開頭
- 用喺數詞「一」至「十」前面,表示農曆每個月頭十日
- 第一次
- 啱啱,剛才,唔係好耐之前
- 一個比較低嘅階段
As a component in
Words containing 初
- 初期co1 kei4
initial stage
- 最初zeoi3 co1
first
- 初步co1 bou6
initial
- 初級co1 kap1
junior
- 初心co1 sam1
(one's) original intention, aspiration etc
- 初戀co1 lyun2
first love
- 當初dong1 co1
at that time
- 年初nin4 co1
beginning of the year
- 初中co1 zung1
junior high school (abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2])
- 起初hei2 co1
originally; at first; at the outset
- 初次co1 ci3
for the first time
- 開初hoi1 co1
at the outset
- 初初co1 co1
in the very beginning
- 初初co1 co1
in the very beginning
- 初一co1 jat1
first year in junior middle school
- 初衷co1 cung1
original intention
- 初犯co1 faan6
first offender
- 初哥co1 go1
(noun) a beginner; a novice; a neophyte
- 初時co1 si4
in the very beginning
- 初選co1 syun2
primary election
- 初吻co1 man5
First kiss
- 初夜co1 je6
early evening
- 初學co1 hok6
to learn for the first time
- 初潮co1 ciu4
menarche