初

chū

Part of speech
adverb
Level
HSK 3
  1. 1(bound form) at first; initially
  2. 2(bound form) first; early
  3. 3(bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"

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