初co1初co1

English

1. in the very beginning
2. at the beginning; at first

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 一開始

Examples

• 佢初初好緊張，後尾先開始同人熟絡。

  He was nervous at first. He only started to know everyone after a while.

• 我哋初初搬入嚟嗰陣，呢度都冇地鐵嘅。

  When we just moved in, there was no MTR here.

• 程先生而家係法蘭西學術院嘅院士，但係佢初初嚟到法國嘅時候一句法文都唔識講。

  Mr Cheng, who is now a member of the Académie, didn't speak a word of French when he first arrived in France.

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