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初始 (chū shǐ): Initial (adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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初始 consists of 2 characters.

beginning, start, first

begin, start, commence

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Pinyinchū shǐ

Meaninginitial, beginning

Characters2

HSK—

Syntaxadjective

Word初始

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 初始.

Words with 初

初中chū zhōngHSK 3
初期chū qīHSK 5
初级chū jíHSK 5
年初nián chūHSK 5
最初zuì chūHSK 5
初步chū bùHSK 6
初等chū děngHSK 6
当初dāng chūHSK 6

Words with 始

开始kāi shǐHSK 2
始终shǐ zhōngHSK 5
原始yuán shǐHSK 6
创始人chuàng shǐ rénHSK 7-9
自始至终zìshǐ-zhìzhōngHSK 7-9
秦始皇qín shǐ huáng
始作俑者shǐ zuò yǒng zhě

3.

Example Sentences with 初始

Zhè这

shì是

xì系

tǒng统

de的

chū初

shǐ始

shè设

zhì置

。

This is the system's initial settings.

Xiàng项

mù目

chū初

shǐ始

jiē阶

duàn段

yù遇

dào到

le了

hěn

很

duō多

kùn困

nan难

。

Many difficulties were encountered in the initial phase of the project.