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  3. 起初
HSK 6

How to write 起初起初

qǐ chū

originally; at first; at the outset

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qǐ

to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group

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chū

at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic

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Words related to 起初

对不起duì bu qǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group起床qǐ chuángto get out of bed; to get up一起yī qǐin the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)想起xiǎng qǐto recall; to think of; to call to mind起飞qǐ fēi(of an aircraft) to take off起来qǐ laito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái]初chūat first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic看起来kàn qǐ laiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be初中chū zhōngjunior high school (abbr. for 初级中学)年初nián chūbeginning of the year初一chū yīfirst day of lunar month; New Year's Day; first year in junior middle school