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原始

yuán shǐ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

原始 (yuán shǐ) means "first". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 原始 means

1. first
2. original
3. primitive
4. original (document etc)

The characters in 原始

• 原yuánformer; original; primary
• 始shǐto begin; to start; then

Example sentences

• 巫术在原始社会扮演重要角色。
  Wūshù zài yuánshǐshèhuì bànyǎn zhòngyào juésè.
  Magic plays an important part in primitive society.
• Tatoeba是开放原始码软体。
  T atoeba shì kāifàng yuánshǐmǎ ruǎntǐ.
  Tatoeba is open source software.
• 所谓的先进国家经常把拉丁美洲人看成石器时代的原始人。
  Suǒwèi de xiānjìn guójiā jīngcháng bǎ Lādīng Měizhōu rén kànchéng Shíqì Shídài de yuánshǐrén.
  People from the so-called first world look at us Latinos as if we hadn't invented the wheel yet.
• 在北方的原始部落中，也存在着一种更野蛮的庆祝形式：他们点燃巨大的木柴，以纪念奥丁和托尔，并向祂们献祭人和牲畜。德鲁伊王子随后用金色镰刀从神圣的橡树上割下槲寄生。
  A more barbarous form of these rejoicings took place among the rude peoples of the north where great blocks of wood blazed in honor of Odin and Thor, and sacrifices of men and cattle were made to them. Mistletoe was cut then from the sacred oaks with a golden sickle by the Prince of the Druids.
• 阳光明媚的地方，坐落着一座宜人的老农舍，紧邻一条深深的河流。从农舍一直到河边，长满了高大的牛蒡叶，最高的牛蒡叶下，可以让一个小孩站直身体。这地方如同茂密森林的中心，原始而静谧。一只鸭子栖息在这片幽静的角落，守候着雏鸟破壳而出。它开始感到有些疲惫，因为小家伙们迟迟不肯破壳而出，而她也很少遇到来访者。
  In a sunny spot stood a pleasant old farm-house close by a deep river, and from the house down to the water side grew great burdock leaves, so high, that under the tallest of them a little child could stand upright. The spot was as wild as the centre of a thick wood. In this snug retreat sat a duck on her nest, watching for her young brood to hatch; she was beginning to get tired of her task, for the little ones were a long time coming out of their shells, and she seldom had any visitors.

Words starting with 原始

• 原始人yuán shǐ rénprimitive man; prehistoric human
• 原始社会yuán shǐ shè huìprimitive society
• 原始林yuán shǐ línold growth forest; primary forest; original forest cover
• 原始码yuán shǐ mǎsource code (computing) (Tw, HK)
• 原始热带雨林yuán shǐ rè dài yǔ línvirgin tropical rainforest

Words containing 原始

• 摩登原始人Mó dēng Yuán shǐ rénThe Flintstones (TV Series)

Sounds the same

Read yuán shǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 元史History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史

Where 原始 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yù–yùn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yuán shǐ correctly.
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