初次
chū cì
Pinyin

Definition

初次
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chū cì
  1. for the first time
  2. first (meeting, attempt etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

初
chū
  1. 1 at first
  2. 2 (at the) beginning
  3. 3 first
  4. 4 junior
  5. 5 basic
次
cì
  1. 1 next in sequence
  2. 2 second
  3. 3 the second (day, time etc)
  4. 4 secondary
  5. 5 vice-
  6. 6 sub-
  7. 7 infra-
  8. 8 inferior quality
  9. 9 substandard
  10. 10 order
  11. 11 sequence
  12. 12 hypo- (chemistry)
  13. 13 classifier for enumerated events: time
一次性
yī cì xìng
  1. 1 one-off (offer)
  2. 2 one-time
  3. 3 single-use
  4. 4 disposable (goods)
人次
rén cì
  1. 1 person-times
  2. 2 visits
  3. 3 classifier for number of people participating
再次
zài cì
  1. 1 one more time
  2. 2 again
  3. 3 one more
  4. 4 once again
初一
chū yī
  1. 1 first day of lunar month
  2. 2 New Year's Day
  3. 3 first year in junior middle school
初三
chū sān
  1. 1 third year in junior middle school
初中
chū zhōng
  1. 1 junior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chū jí zhōng xué]
初二
chū èr
  1. 1 2nd year in junior middle school
  2. 2 2nd day of a lunar month
  3. 3 2nd day of lunar New Year
初恋
chū liàn
  1. 1 first love
初级
chū jí
  1. 1 junior
  2. 2 primary
层次
céng cì
  1. 1 layer
  2. 2 level
  3. 3 gradation
  4. 4 arrangement of ideas
  5. 5 (a person's) standing
年初
nián chū
  1. 1 beginning of the year
最初
zuì chū
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 primary
  3. 3 initial
  4. 4 original
  5. 5 at first
  6. 6 initially
  7. 7 originally
次数
cì shù
  1. 1 number of times
  2. 2 frequency
  3. 3 order number (in a series)
  4. 4 power (math.)
  5. 5 degree of a polynomial (math.)
次方
cì fāng
  1. 1 (raised to the) nth power
当初
dāng chū
  1. 1 at that time
  2. 2 originally
三次元
sān cì yuán
  1. 1 three-dimensional
  2. 2 the real world (cf. 二次元[èr cì yuán])
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
上次
shàng cì
  1. 1 last time

Idioms (14)

三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
  1. 1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
初露头角
chū lù tóu jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
  2. 2 first sign of emerging talent
  3. 3 budding genius
几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān
  1. 1 lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
  2. 2 over and over again
悔不当初
huǐ bù dāng chū
  1. 1 to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
情窦初开
qíng dòu chū kāi
  1. 1 first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
  1. 1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. 2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
语无伦次
yǔ wú lún cì
  1. 1 incoherent speech
  2. 2 to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
躲得过初一，躲不过十五
duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ
  1. 1 lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't put it off forever
  3. 3 sooner or later you'll have to deal with it
逐次近似
zhú cì jìn sì
  1. 1 successive approximate values (idiom)
靡不有初，鲜克有终
mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng
  1. 1 almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle

Sample Sentences

唉呀！不敢当！初次见面，倒是没想到张经理这么年轻，真是女中豪杰。
ài ya ！bùgǎndāng ！chūcì jiànmiàn ，dàoshi méixiǎngdào Zhāng jīnglǐ zhème niánqīng ，zhēn shì nǚzhōngháojié 。
Ah, you flatter me. This is the first time we’ve met in person, and I have to say I didn’t expect you to be so young in person, Ms Zhang! You really are a talented young woman!
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你好，初次见面，我是朱平以前的同屋，张莉莉。
nǐhǎo ，chūcì jiànmiàn ，wǒ shì Zhū Píng yǐqián de tóngwū ，Zhāng Lìlì 。
Hello, yeah it's the first time we've met. I'm Zhu Ping's former flatmate, Zhang Lili.
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