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
更 ⇒
更 gēng/gèng, to change or replace/to experience/one of the five two-hour periods into which t...
更加 gèngjiā, more (than sth else)/even more
更衣室 gēngyīshì, change room/dressing room/locker room/toilet
更为 gèngwéi, [更為], even more
更换 gēnghuàn, [更換], to replace (a worn-out tire etc)/to change (one's address etc)
更新 gēngxīn, to replace the old with new/to renew/to renovate/to upgrade/to update/to regener...
更改 gēnggǎi, to alter
更正 gēngzhèng, to correct/to make a correction
变更 biàngēng, [變更], to change/to alter/to modify
更年期 gēngniánqī, menopause/andropause
知更鸟 zhīgēngniǎo, [知更鳥], redbreast/robin
狄更斯 Dígēngsī, Dickens (name)/Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
更上一层楼 gèngshàngyīcénglóu, [更上一層樓], to take it up a notch/to bring it up a level
更进一步 自力更生 zìlìgēngshēng, regeneration through one's own effort (idiom)/self-reliance
更衣 gēngyī, to change clothes/to go to the toilet (euphemism)
更胜一筹 半夜三更 bànyèsāngēng, in the depth of night/late at night
更是 更替 gēngtì, to take over (from one another)/to alternate/to replace/to relay
查尔斯·狄更斯 Cháěrsī·Dígēngsī, [查爾斯·狄更斯], Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
更有甚者 gèngyǒushènzhě, furthermore (idiom)
更名 gēngmíng, to change name
更新换代 gēngxīnhuàndài, [更新換代], reform and renewal/generational change
更迭 gēngdié, to alternate/to change
狄更生 查尔斯狄更斯 更森 屈更红 打更 dǎgēng, to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
更强 更上层楼 更高 更多