当初

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• 当dāng6 strokesHSK 2 traditional 噹bear, accept, undertake; just
• 初chū8 strokesHSK 3beginning, initial, primary

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 当初. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 当dāngHSK 2

  to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at

• 当然dāng ránHSK 3

  only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt

• 当时dāng shíHSK 2

  then; at that time; while

• 相当xiāng dāngHSK 3

  equivalent to; appropriate; considerably; to a certain extent; fairly; quite

• 当地dāng dìHSK 3

  local

• 初chūHSK 3

  at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic

• 当中dāng zhōngHSK 3

  among; in the middle; in the center

• 当年dāng niánHSK 5

  in those days; then; in those years; during that time

• 应当yīng dāngHSK 3

  should; ought to

• 当作dàng zuòHSK 6

  to treat as; to regard as

• 当事人dāng shì rénHSK 7

  persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)

• 当天dāng tiānHSK 6

  on that day

• 当成dàng chéngHSK 6

  to consider as; to take to be

• 适当shì dàngHSK 6

  suitable; appropriate

• 最初zuì chūHSK 4

  first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally

• 初步chū bùHSK 3

  initial; preliminary; tentative

• 正当zhèng dàngHSK 6

  honest; reasonable; fair; sensible

• 当晚dāng wǎnHSK 7

  on that evening

• 当前dāng qiánHSK 5

  the present time; to be faced with

• 当场dāng chǎngHSK 5

  at the scene; on the spot

• 每当měi dāngHSK 7

  whenever; every time

• 当选dāng xuǎnHSK 5

  to be elected; to be selected

• 初中chū zhōngHSK 3

  junior high school (abbr. for 初级中学)

• 当真dàng zhēnHSK 7

  to take seriously; serious; No joking, really!