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最初

Mandarin · pinyin zuì chū

Meanings

  1. first
  2. primary
  3. initial
  4. original
  5. at first
  6. initially
  7. originally
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最
zuì · most, extremely, exceedingly
初
chū · beginning, initial, primary
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4–1 · zui4 chu1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zeoi3 co1

Cantonese word readings for 最初. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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zeoi3 co1

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. beginning; outset; start

adj

  1. initial; first

adv

  1. initially; originally

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