初
chū
Meaning
- at first · initially · first · early
- (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三 chū sān "the third"
Example sentences
事情比我们最初想象的更严重。
事情比我們最初想像的更嚴重。
shì qíng bǐ wǒ men zuì chū xiǎng xiàng de gèng yán zhòng。
Things are more serious than we initially thought.
你们应该实行你们最初的计划。
你們應該實行你們最初的計劃。
nǐ men yīng gāi shí xíng nǐ men zuì chū de jì huà。
You should carry out your original plan.
起初我不相信他。
qǐ chū wǒ bù xiāng xìn tā。
At first, I didn't believe him.