# 当初 (dāngchū)

In Mandarin Chinese, 当初 (dāngchū) means “at that time; originally”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: at that time; originally
- Pinyin: dāngchū (dang1 chu1)
- Traditional: 當初
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 当初如果听你的话就好了。
  Dāngchū rúguǒ tīng nǐ dehuà jiù hǎo le.
  If I had listened to you back then, it would have been great.

## Characters

- [当](https://hanziro.com/word/dang-when-during/) (dāng): when, during; to act as
- [初](https://hanziro.com/word/chu-beginning/) (chū): beginning; early part

https://hanziro.com/word/dang-chu-at-that-time/

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