初 (w)

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

初一 (w)

(chūyī) first day of lunar month; New Year's Day; freshman in junior high school

初中 (w)

(chūzhōng) junior high school

初伏 (w)

(chūfú) middle ten days of July, the first of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year

初冬 (w)

(chūdōng) early winter

初刻拍案惊奇 (w)

(chūkèpāiànjīngqí) Slap the table in amazement, Part I; first of two books of stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌蒙初

初创 (w)

(chūchuàng) startup (company, phase etc); newly established; in the early stages

初创公司 (w)

(chūchuànggōngsī) new company; newly established enterprise

初升 (w)

(chūshēng) rising (sun, moon etc)

初夏 (w)

(chūxià) early summer

初始 (w)

(chūshǐ) initial; starting (point)

初始化 (w)

(chūshǐhuà) (computing) to initialize; initialization

初学者 (w)

(chūxuézhě) beginning student

初审 (w)

(chūshěn) preliminary trial

初小 (w)

(chūxiǎo) elementary school; abbr. for 初级小学

初年 (w)

(chūnián) early years

初恋 (w)

(chūliàn) first love

初恋感觉 (w)

(chūliàngǎnjué) feelings of first love

初更 (w)

(chūgēng) first of the five night watch periods 19:00-21:00 (old)

初期 (w)

(chūqī) initial stage; beginning period

初次 (w)

(chūcì) first; for the first time; primary; tentative

初步 (w)

(chūbù) initial; preliminary; tentative

初步核算 (w)

(chūbùhésuàn) initial estimate

初步设想 (w)

(chūbùshèxiǎng) tentative idea

初潮 (w)

(chūcháo) menarche

初犯 (w)

(chūfàn) first offender; first offense

初生 (w)

(chūshēng) newborn; nascent; primary (biology)

初生之犊不怕虎 (w)

(chūshēngzhīdúbùpàhǔ) A new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom). The fearlessness of youth.

初稿 (w)

(chūgǎo) first draft (of writing)

初等 (w)

(chūděng) elementary (i.e. easy)

初等代数 (w)

(chūděngdàishù) elementary algebra

初等教育 (w)

(chūděngjiàoyù) primary education; junior school education

初级 (w)

(chūjí) junior; primary

初级中学 (w)

(chūjízhōngxué) middle school

初级小学 (w)

(chūjíxiǎoxué) elementary school; abbr. to 初小

初声 (w)

(chūshēng) initial (i.e. initial consonant of a syllable in Asian phonetics)

初叶 (w)

(chūyè) early part (of a decade, century etc); the first years

初衷 (w)

(chūzhōng) original intention or aspiration

初设 (w)

(chūshè) first founded

初赛 (w)

(chūsài) preliminary contest; initial heats of a competition

初选 (w)

(chūxuǎn) primary election (US)

初露 (w)

(chūlù) first sign (of budding talent)

初露才华 (w)

(chūlùcáihuá) first sign of budding talent; to display one's ability for the first time

初露锋芒 (w)

(chūlùfēngmáng) first sign of budding talent; to display one's ability for the first time

初露头角 (w)

(chūlùtóujiǎo) lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent; first sign of emerging talent; budding genius