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| 3 | 初 | 初 | chū | at the beginning of, in the early part of
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| 3 | 初步 | 初步 | chūbù | initially, preliminarily, tentatively
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| 3 | 初級 | 初级 | chūjí | junior, primary
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| 3 | 初中 | 初中 | chūzhōng | junior high school, abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chu1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]
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| 3 | 當初 | 当初 | dāngchū | at that time, originally
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| 3 | 年初 | 年初 | niánchū | beginning of year
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| 4 | 最初 | 最初 | zuìchū | first, primary, initial, original, at first, initially, originally
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| 5 | 初期 | 初期 | chūqī | initial stage, beginning period
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| 6 | 初等 | 初等 | chūděng | elementary (i.e. easy)
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| 7 | 初次 | 初次 | chūcì | for the first time, first (meeting, attempt etc)
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| 7 | 初衷 | 初衷 | chūzhōng | original intention or aspiration
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| 7 | 起初 | 起初 | qǐchū | initio, ab initio, first, primarily, early, in_the_beginning, originally, at_first, in the beginning, initially, at the start, at first, early on
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| 7 | 月初 | 月初 | yuèchū | start of month, early in the month
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