初 chū

1. chū adverb at first; at the beginning; initially
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 初 is used in both Literary Chinese as Modern Chinese in this sense and is often used at the start of a sentence (CED '初' 1; Kroll 2015 '初' 1; NCCED '初' 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 11).
2. chū prefix used to prefix numbers
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Especially the first several days of the month in the lunar calendar (NCCED '初' 4)
3. chū prefix used as a prefix incidating the first time or part of something
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 初年 'early years' (CED '初' 2; Kroll 2015 '初' 2; NCCED '初' 2; Sun 2006, loc. 691)
4. chū adverb just now
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '初' 3)
5. chū particle thereupon
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '初' 4)
6. chū adverb an intensifying adverb
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '初' 5)
7. chū adjective rudimentary; elementary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 初级 'elementary level' (CED '初' 4; NCCED '初' 6)
8. chū adjective original
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CED '初' 5; NCCED '初' 3)
9. chū adjective foremost, first; prathama
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: prathama, Japanese: sho, Tibetan: dang po (BCSD '初', p. 186; DJBT '差', p. 426; Mahāvyutpatti 'prathamam'; MW 'prathama'; SH '初', p. 251)

Contained in

• 缘生初胜分法本经(緣生初勝分法本經) Yuan Sheng Chu Sheng Fen Fa Ben Jing
• 初发意菩萨(初發意菩薩) bodhisattvas in their initial stage of aspiration
• 不忘初心 Never Forget One’s Initial Aspirations
• 逮初禅成就遊(逮初禪成就遊) remains in the first jhana
• 早知今日，悔不当初(早知今日，悔不當初) It is too late to ever say, “If only I had known.”
• 初发心功德(初發心功德) The Merit of the Initial Determination for Enlightenment
• 初禅(初禪) first dhyāna; first jhana
• 金刚顶胜初瑜伽普贤菩萨念诵法(金剛頂勝初瑜伽普賢菩薩念誦法) Vajra Pinnacle Superior Yogao Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Liturgy; Jingang Ding Sheng Chu Yujia Puxian Pusa Niansong Fa
• 释东初(釋東初) Dongchu; Shi Dongchu
• 分别缘起初胜法门经(分別緣起初勝法門經) Fenbie Yuanqi Chu Sheng Famen Jing
• 胜初瑜伽仪轨真言(勝初瑜伽儀軌真言) Superior Yoga Ritual Mantra; Sheng Chu Yujia Yi Gui Zhenyan
• 初善 admirable in the beginning
• 东初(東初) Dongchu; Shi Dongchu
• 初发意(初發意) to make a vow to acheive supreme enlightenment; to act with bodhicitta

Also contained in

华灯初上 、 初七 、 初创 、 唐初八史 、 初伏 、 年代初 、 初估 、 初唐四杰 、 起初 、 正月初一 、 情窦初开 、 初年 、 载初 、 往初 、 初刻拍案惊奇 、 初露头角 、 初妻 、 初生之犊不畏虎 、 初夏 、 初十 、 初会遇 、 最初 、 唐初四大家 、 初生 、 初冬 、 明初 、 初文 、 早知今日何必当初 、 太初 、 初设 、 初犯 、 初出茅庐 、 初步 、 初始化 、 初版 、 初始 、 月初

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• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 1548
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 1132
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 950
• Scroll 5 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sou Xuan Fen Qi Tong Zhi Fang Gui 大方廣佛華嚴經搜玄分齊通智方軌 — count: 575
• Scroll 10 Wei Mo Jing Lue Shu Chui Yu Ji 維摩經略疏垂裕記 — count: 423
• Scroll 2 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sou Xuan Fen Qi Tong Zhi Fang Gui 大方廣佛華嚴經搜玄分齊通智方軌 — count: 367
• Scroll 4 Dafang Guang Fo Huayan Jing Sou Xuan Fen Qi Tong Zhi Fang Gui 大方廣佛華嚴經搜玄分齊通智方軌 — count: 364
• Scroll 3 Da Ban Niepan Jing Yi Ji 大般涅槃經義記 — count: 325
• Scroll 9 Wei Mo Jing Lue Shu Chui Yu Ji 維摩經略疏垂裕記 — count: 324
• Scroll 2 Wei Mo Jing Lue Shu Chui Yu Ji 維摩經略疏垂裕記 — count: 317