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起初

qǐchū
HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9HSK 2.0 · Level 6

In Mandarin Chinese, 起初 (qǐchū) means “at first; originally”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. at first
  2. originally

Stroke order

Examples

  • 起初我并不同意他的看法。
    Qǐchū wǒ bìng bù tóngyì tā de kànfǎ.
    At first, I did not agree with his view at all.

Characters

起
qǐ
to get up; to rise
Words with 起
起起床起来一起对不起起飞想起看起来
初
chū
beginning; early part
Words with 初
初初步初级初一初中当初年初最初