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
夜 ⇒
夜 yè, [亱], variant of 夜[yè], night
夜晚 yèwǎn, night/CL:個|个[gè]
午夜 wǔyè, midnight
半夜 bànyè, midnight/in the middle of the night
过夜 guòyè, [過夜], to spend the night/overnight
夜总会 yèzǒnghuì, [夜總會], nightclub/nightspot
夜里 yèli, [夜裡], during the night/at night/nighttime
整夜 zhěngyè, the whole night/all through the night
今夜 jīnyè, tonight/this evening
深夜 shēnyè, very late at night
黑夜 hēiyè, night
夜间 yèjiān, [夜間], nighttime/evening or night (e.g. classes)
夜班 yèbān, night shift
熬夜 áoyè, to stay up late or all night
前夜 qiányè, the eve/the night before
日夜 rìyè, day and night/around the clock
彻夜 chèyè, [徹夜], the whole night
夜色 yèsè, night scene/the dim light of night
昨夜 zuóyè, last night
守夜 shǒuyè, to be on all-night duty/to be on night watch/to keep a vigil
长夜 chángyè, [長夜], long dark night/fig. long period of misery and oppression
夜莺 yèyīng, [夜鶯], nightingale
夜幕 yèmù, curtain of night/gathering darkness
夜以继日 yèyǐjìrì, [夜以繼日], night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
夜空 yèkōng, night sky
夜校 yèxiào, evening school/night school
夜生活 yèshēnghuó, night life
连夜 liányè, [連夜], that very night/through the night/for several nights in a row
夜鹰 yèyīng, [夜鷹], nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)
月夜 yuèyè, moonlit night
除夕夜 日日夜夜 昼夜 zhòuyè, [晝夜], day and night/period of 24 hours/continuously, without stop
夜宵 yèxiāo, midnight snack
子夜 zǐyè, midnight
夜猫子 yèmāozi, [夜貓子], owl/(fig.) night owl
半夜三更 bànyèsāngēng, in the depth of night/late at night
夜游 yèyóu, [夜遊], to go to some place at night/to take a night trip to (a place)/to sleepwalk
隔夜 géyè, overnight/of the previous day
夜曲 yèqǔ, nocturne (music)
小夜曲 xiǎoyèqǔ, serenade
夜景 yèjǐng, nightscape
夜不能寐 天方夜谭 TiānfāngYètán/tiānfāngyètán, [天方夜譚], The Arabian Nights (classic story), fantasy story
开夜车 kāiyèchē, [開夜車], to burn the midnight oil/to work late into the night
夏夜 夜深 一夜间 日以继夜 狂欢夜 夜半 yèbàn, midnight
入夜 rùyè, nightfall
夜场 yèchǎng, [夜場], evening show (at theater etc)
夜市 yèshì, night market
彻夜不眠 chèyèbùmián, [徹夜不眠], to be sleepless all night
冬夜 夜深人静 yèshēnrénjìng, [夜深人靜], in the dead of night (idiom)
初夜权 夜宿 母夜叉 mǔyèchā, witch/shrew/vixen
夜壶 yèhú, [夜壺], chamber pot
夜大 夜航 夜袭 yèxí, [夜襲], night attack
夜叉 yèchā, yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword)/(fig.) ferocious-looking person
消夜 xiāoyè, nighttime snack/late-night supper
后半夜 雪夜 夜盲 当夜 dāngyè/dàngyè, [當夜], on that night, that very night/the same night
夜餐 夜盲症 yèmángzhèng, night blindness/nyctalopia
秋夜 巡夜 夜光表 夜工 夜不闭户 yèbùbìhù, [夜不閉戶], lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
值夜 zhíyè, on night duty
星夜 下半夜 寒夜 前半夜 qiánbànyè, first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)
夜车 夜礼服 夜郎自大 Yèlángzìdà, lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)/fig. foolish conceit
夜来香 yèláixiāng, [夜來香], tuberose/Cestrum nocturnum, see also 夜香木
日夜兼程 rìyèjiānchéng, to travel day and night
终夜 上半夜 shàngbànyè, first half of the night/time before midnight
夜阑人静 yèlánrénjìng, [夜闌人靜], the still of the night (idiom)/late at night
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