初 ⇒
初 chū, at first/(at the) beginning/first/junior/basic
当初 dāngchū, [當初], at that time/originally
最初 zuìchū, first/primary/initial/original/at first/initially/originally
起初 qǐchū, originally/at first/at the outset
初步 chūbù, initial/preliminary/tentative
初恋 chūliàn, [初戀], first love
初次 chūcì, for the first time/first (meeting, attempt etc)
初中 chūzhōng, junior high school/abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chū jí zhōng xué]
初级 chūjí, [初級], junior/primary
初期 chūqī, initial stage/beginning period
初衷 chūzhōng, original intention
初始 chūshǐ, initial/starting (point)
初学者 chūxuézhě, [初學者], beginning student
初始化 chūshǐhuà, (computing) to initialize/initialization
初选 chūxuǎn, [初選], primary election
初犯 chūfàn, first offender/first offense
初稿 chūgǎo, first draft (of writing)
初中生 chūzhōngshēng, junior high student
初见 初版 初一 chūyī, first day of lunar month/New Year's Day/first year in junior middle school
年初 niánchū, beginning of the year
初出茅庐 chūchūmáolú, [初出茅廬], venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)/young and inexperie...
初来乍到 chūláizhàdào, [初來乍到], to be a newcomer/just off the boat
初审 chūshěn, [初審], preliminary trial
想当初 如梦初醒 初夜权 云初 月初 yuèchū, start of month/early in the month
初三 chūsān, third year in junior middle school
初学 初试 chūshì, [初試], preliminary exam/qualifying exam/first try/preliminary testing
初夏 chūxià, early summer
初二 chūèr, 2nd year in junior middle school/2nd day of a lunar month/2nd day of lunar New Y...
初赛 chūsài, [初賽], preliminary contest/initial heats of a competition
初始值 初露锋芒 chūlùfēngmáng, [初露鋒芒], first sign of budding talent/to display one's ability for the first time
初春 初见成效 悔不当初 huǐbùdāngchū, [悔不當初], to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
初战 初等教育 chūděngjiàoyù, primary education/junior school education
大年初一 初等 chūděng, elementary (i.e. easy)
初婚 今年初 初吻会 初评 初诊 初速 初高中 初时 初创 chūchuàng, [初創], startup (company, phase etc)/newly established/in the early stages
初原 初六 窦初开 初级中学 chūjízhōngxué, [初級中學], junior high school/junior middle school
金初秀 金初元 初雪
升 ⇒
直升机 zhíshēngjī, [直升機], helicopter/CL:架[jià]
升 shēng, [昇]/[陞], to ascend/to rise to the rank of/to promote/to hoist/liter/measure for dry grain...
上升 shàngshēng, [上昇], to rise/to go up/to ascend
提升 tíshēng, [提昇], to promote/to upgrade
升级 shēngjí, [升級], to escalate (in intensity)/to go up by one grade/to be promoted/to upgrade (comp...
升起 shēngqǐ, to raise/to hoist/to rise
直升飞机 zhíshēngfēijī, [直升飛機], see 直升機|直升机[zhí shēng jī]
升高 shēnggāo, [昇高], to raise/to ascend
毫升 háoshēng, milliliter
晋升 jìnshēng, [晉升], to promote to a higher position
升空 shēngkōng, [昇空], to rise to the sky/to lift off/to levitate/liftoff
升迁 shēngqiān, [升遷], promote/promotion
升华 shēnghuá, [升華], to sublimate/sublimation (physics)/to raise to a higher level/to refine/promotio...
升降机 shēngjiàngjī, [升降機], aerial work platform (e.g. cherry picker or scissor lift)/lift/elevator
升天 shēngtiān, lit. to ascend to heaven/to die
升官 shēngguān, to get promoted
爬升 páshēng, to rise/to ascend/to climb (airplane etc)/to go up (sales figures etc)/to gain p...
升温 shēngwēn, [升溫], to become hot/temperature rise/(fig.) to intensify/to hot up/to escalate/to get ...
飙升 biāoshēng, [飆升], to rise rapidly/to soar
升降 shēngjiàng, [昇降], rising and falling
攀升 pānshēng, to clamber up/(of prices etc) to rise
升值 shēngzhí, [昇值], to rise in value/to appreciate
公升 gōngshēng, liter
升入 回升 huíshēng, to rise again after a fall/to pick up/rally (stock market etc)
高升 gāoshēng, to get a promotion
升降台 升学 shēngxué, [升學], to enter the next grade school
升旗 shēngqí, to raise a flag/to hoist a flag
升调 shēngdiào, [昇調], rising tone (phonetics, e.g. on a question in English)
歌舞升平 gēwǔshēngpíng, lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom)/fig. to make a show of happ...
荣升 升腾 shēngténg, [升騰], to rise/to ascend/to leap up
升任 shēngrèn, to be promoted to
狂升 飞升 fēishēng, [飛升]/[飛昇], to levitate heavenwards (a Daoist success)/to take off/to soar (of prices), to l...
升压 shēngyā, [升壓], to boost the pressure (of a fluid)/to boost (or step up) the voltage
升学率 升限 升仙 升帆 鸡犬升天 jīquǎnshēngtiān, [雞犬升天], lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)/fig. to ride on sb else's success/O...
升结肠 shēngjiécháng, [升結腸], ascending colon (anatomy)/first section of large intestine
跃升 yuèshēng, [躍升], to leap to (a higher position etc)/to jump/(of a plane) to ascend
旭日东升 人子升 升级换代 升降舵 升格 shēnggé, promotion/upgrade
国见升 立升 微升 wēishēng, microliter
东升 升幅 shēngfú, extent of an increase/percentage rise
越升 道升仙