"Initial" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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开始 kāi shǐ to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL:個|个[ge4]
最初 zuì chū first / primary / initial / original / at first / initially / originally
初步 chū bù initial / preliminary / tentative
初始 chū shǐ initial / starting (point)
头文字 tóu wén zì initial / first letter of word (in Latin script)
序 xù (bound form) order / sequence / (bound form) introductory / initial / preface
原初 yuán chū initial / original / originally / at first
初期 chū qī initial stage / beginning period
打响 dǎ xiǎng to start shooting or firing / to win an initial success / to succeed (of a plan)
后劲 hòu jìn energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity / delayed effect
先期 xiān qī the time before a certain date / in advance / beforehand / premature / initial period
萌生 méng shēng to burgeon / to produce / to conceive / to be in the initial stage
起价 qǐ jià initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer) / prices starting from
初赛 chū sài preliminary contest / initial heats of a competition
订金 dìng jīn an initial payment / earnest money / deposit
字头 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable
首字母 shǒu zì mǔ initial letters
声母 shēng mǔ the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1])
五音 wǔ yīn five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la / five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]
清零 qīng líng to restore sth to its initial state / to reset (an odometer etc) / to empty (a bank account) / to eradicate (a disease) / (computing) to clear (memory) / to zero (a hard drive)
音韵 yīn yùn music / rhyme and rhythm / initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a Chinese character / phoneme
双拼 shuāng pīn (computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final)
韵母 yùn mǔ the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang")
起始点 qǐ shǐ diǎn initial point
反切 fǎn qiè traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone
下马威 xià mǎ wēi display of severity immediately on taking office / (fig.) initial show of strength
三十六字母 sān shí liù zì mǔ thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory
初步核算 chū bù hé suàn initial estimate
初声 chū shēng the initial consonant (or doubled consonant) of a Korean syllable
始点 shǐ diǎn starting point / initial point
零声母 líng shēng mǔ (Chinese linguistics) zero initial (the initial of a syllable that does not begin with a consonant)
首次公开招股 shǒu cì gōng kāi zhāo gǔ initial public offering (IPO)
最低初步成套服务 zuì dī chū bù chéng tào fù wù Minimum Initial Service Package
全球海洋观测系统的初步观测系统  GOOS Initial Observing System
初始视察 chū shǐ shì chá initial inspection / baseline inspection
危机局势中生殖健康最低初步成套服务  Minimum Initial Service Package for Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations
初始运作能力 chū shǐ yùn zuò néng lì initial operating capability
初始宣布 chū shǐ xuān bù Initial Declaration
落实共同声明起步行动  Initial Actions for Implementation of the Joint Statement
初次发放表  initial scale of issue / initial issue / initial stock scaling / initial supply
初次发放量  initial scale of issue / initial issue / initial stock scaling / initial supply
最初阻滞阵地  initial delay position
初次弹药发放  initial issue of ammunition / first-line scale of ammunition / ammunition initial issue
初始警报  initial alert
防止可避免残疾初步倡议  Initial Initiative Against Avoidable Disablement
初步组织委员会  Initial Organizing Committee
巴基斯坦洪灾初步应急计划  Pakistan Initial Floods Emergency Response Plan
初始报告  initial report
首次出庭  initial appearance
第一桶金 dì yī tǒng jīn the first pot of gold / the initial profits from an economic endeavour
初试身手 chū shì shēn shǒu to have a try / to try one's hand / initial foray
简拼 jiǎn pīn (computing) input method where the user types just the initial or first letter of each syllable, e.g. "shq" or "sq" for 事情[shi4qing5]
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