起初
Simplified/traditional word
起初 English definition
qǐ chū
- originally
- at first
- at the outset
qǐ chū
- originally
- at first
- at the outset
HSK level
Characters
- 起 (qǐ): to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; (before place or time) starting from; classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group;
- 初 (chū): at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic;