| 初步 | chū bù | initial / preliminary / tentative |   |
| 起来 | qi lai | (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3 lai5] | |
| 初试 | chū shì | preliminary exam / qualifying exam / first try / preliminary testing | |
| 初审 | chū shěn | preliminary trial | |
| 预审 | yù shěn | preliminary hearing / interrogation (of a suspect) / preliminary examination (of a project etc) | |
| 预赛 | yù sài | preliminary competition / to hold preliminary heats | |
| 初赛 | chū sài | preliminary contest / initial heats of a competition | |
| 科考 | kē kǎo | preliminary round of imperial examinations / abbr. for 科學考察|科学考察[ke1 xue2 kao3 cha2], scientific exploration | |
| 约法三章 | yuē fǎ sān zhāng | to agree on three laws (idiom) / three-point covenant / (fig.) preliminary agreement / basic rules | |
| 事先通知 | shì xiān tōng zhī | preliminary notification / to announce in advance | |
| 先决问题 | xiān jué wèn tí | preliminary question / priority problem / issues requiring more immediate attention | |
| 国际初审单位 | | International Preliminary Examining Authority | |
| 执行情况初步评估 | | Preliminary Implementation Assessment | |
| 国际初审 | guó jì chū shěn | international preliminary examination | |
| 初步谈判 | chū bù tán pàn | preliminary negotiation | |
| 保护非物质文化遗产公约初稿 | | preliminary draft convention for the safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage | |
| 的的喀喀湖水域初步经济研究和开发协定 | | Agreement on the Preliminary Economic Study of the Exploitation of the Waters of Lake Titicaca | |
| 研究和利用的的喀喀湖水域初步公约 | | Preliminary Convention on the Study of the Exploitation of the Waters Lake Titicaca | |
| 初步发展和试验阶段 | | Preliminary development and testing phase | |
| 执行1965年内陆国过境贸易公约的初步协定 | | Preliminary Agreement for implementing the 1965 Convention on the Transit Trade of Land-Locked Countries | |
| 拉丁美洲非核化预备会议最后文件 | | Final Act of the Preliminary Meeting on the Denuclearization of Latin America | |
| 预备管理监督委员会 | | Preliminary Management Oversight Board | |
| 民族和解协定缔结前的协议 | | Preliminary Agreement on a National Reconciliation Pact | |
| 禁止化学武器公约初步结构 | | Preliminary Structure of a Convention on chemical weapons | |
| 初估 | chū gū | to make a preliminary estimate | |
| 初探 | chū tàn | to conduct an exploratory foray into (an area of study, a market etc) / a preliminary study | |
