开始的部分;原来的情况beginning

• 年初

  beginning of the year

• 五月初

  early May

• 他们和好如初。

  They have made up and now get on as they did at the beginning.

开始的；最早的initial; the earliest

最初的first

原来的original

第一次first time

• 初登舞台

  stage debut

参见：初级[chūjí]

刚开始just beginning

• 初上阵的战士

  soldiers who have just started fighting

• 父亲大病初愈。

  My father has been very ill but is starting to get better.

• 旭日初升。

  The sun is just rising.