Traditional: 當初
当初 (dāng chū) means “at that time; originally”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word (traditional 當初) in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
Practice each character:
当初我就不同意这个计划。
Dāngchū wǒ jiù bù tóngyì zhège jìhuà.
I disagreed with this plan from the beginning.
Updated: 2026-05-27