当 dāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- ⺌ — small
- Made of
- ⺌ small 彐 snout
当初
dāngchū
at first; back then
Characters in this word
初 chū
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刀 — knife
- Made of
- 衤 cloth 刀 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 当初我很忙。 Dāngchū wǒ hěn máng. At first, I was very busy.
- 当初他不懂。 Dāngchū tā bù dǒng. At first, he did not understand.
- 当初这里很小。 Dāngchū zhèlǐ hěn xiǎo. Back then, this place was very small.
Related words
- 当 dāng to work as; to be
- 当时 dāngshí at that time
- 当地 dāngdì local
- 当然 dāngrán of course
- 当中 dāngzhōng among; in the middle of
- 相当 xiāngdāng quite; fairly
- 应当 yīngdāng should; ought to
- 不敢当 bùgǎndāng I do not deserve it (modest reply)
- 当场 dāngchǎng on the spot; immediately
- 当代 dāngdài modern; contemporary
- 当年 dāngnián back then
- 当前 dāngqián current; present