起初
qǐchū
at first
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
- 起初大家都反对这个方案，后来才逐渐理解它的价值。 Qǐchū dàjiā dōu fǎnduì zhège fāng'àn, hòulái cái zhújiàn lǐjiě tā de jiàzhí. At first everyone opposed this plan, and only later did they gradually understand its value.
- 起初我很不习惯这里的天气，现在已经喜欢上了。 Qǐchū wǒ hěn bù xíguàn zhèlǐ de tiānqì, xiànzài yǐjīng xǐhuan shàng le. At first I wasn't used to the weather here, but now I have come to like it.
- 他起初以为是开玩笑，后来才发现是真的。 Tā qǐchū yǐwéi shì kāi wánxiào, hòulái cái fāxiàn shì zhēn de. He first thought it was a joke, and only later found out it was true.
Related words
- 对不起 duìbuqǐ sorry, excuse me
- 起 qǐ to rise, to get up
- 起床 qǐchuáng to get up (out of bed)
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 起飞 qǐfēi to take off
- 想起 xiǎngqǐ to remember; to recall
- 看起来 kànqǐlai to look; to seem
- 看不起 kànbuqǐ to look down on
- 了不起 liǎobuqǐ amazing
- 引起 yǐnqǐ to cause
- 起到 qǐdào to play a role