# 初次 (chūcì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 初次 (chūcì) means “for the first time; first”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: for the first time; first
- Pinyin: chūcì (chu1 ci4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 初次见面，请多关照。
  Chūcì jiànmiàn, qǐng duō guānzhào.
  Nice to meet you for the first time.

## Characters

- [初](https://hanziro.com/word/chu-beginning/) (chū): beginning; early part
- [次](https://hanziro.com/word/ci-times/) (cì): (measure word) for times

https://hanziro.com/word/chu-ci-first-time/

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