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初等 (chū děng): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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初等

初等 (chū děng): Elementary (i.e. easy) (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 3.0Level 6

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2.

Character Breakdown

初等 consists of 2 characters.

beginning, start, first

Word Info

Pinyinchū děng

Meaningelementary (i.e. easy)

Characters2

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HSK 3.0Level 6

SyntaxAdjective

Word初等

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 初等.

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
当初dāng chūHSK 6
起初qǐ chūHSK 6

Words with 等

等到děng dàoHSK 4
平等píng děngHSK 5
等于děng yúHSK 5
等待děng dàiHSK 5
中等zhōng děngHSK 6
相等xiāng děngHSK 6
等候děng hòuHSK 6
等级

děng jí

HSK 6

3.

Example Sentences with 初等

zhè这

běn本

shū书

de的

nèi内

róng容

hěn很

chū初

děng等

，

shì适

hé合

chū初

xué学

zhě者

。

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