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最初

zuì chū

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

最初 (zuì chū) means "at first; initially". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 最初 means

1. first
2. primary
3. initial
4. original
5. at first
6. initially
7. originally

The characters in 最初

• 最zuì(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之
• 初chū(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early…

Example sentences

• 最初的旗袍是宽松的。
  Zuì chū de qípáo shì kuānsōng de.
  The original qipao was wide and loose.
• 我最初不怎么喜欢他。
  At first, I didn't like him.
• 事情比我们最初想象的更严重。
  Shìqing bǐ wǒmen zuì chū xiǎngxiàng de gèng yánzhòng.
  It was much worse than we initially thought.
• 你们应该实行你们最初的计划。
  You must carry out your first plan.
• 加拿大国歌的歌词最初是用法文写的。
  Jiānádà guógē de gēcí zuì chū shì yòng Fǎwén xiě de.
  The text of the national anthem of Canada was first written in French.
• 他已经不是我最初见他那时的那个人了。
  Tā yǐjīng bù shì wǒ zuì chū jiàn tā nàshí de nàgèrén le.
  He is not the man that he was when I first knew him.

Where 最初 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Completeness, Perfection & Overview (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zuì chū correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.