HSK 5 · noun · adverb · prefix
初
beginning; at first; elementary (初)
他是月初来的。
Tā shì yuè chū lái de.
He came at the beginning of the month.
我的初中在一个小城市。
Wǒ de chūzhōng zài yì ge xiǎo chéngshì.
My junior high school was in a small city.
这是初级汉语课本。
Zhè shì chūjí Hànyǔ kèběn.
This is an elementary Chinese textbook.
公司初期只有三个人。
Gōngsī chūqī zhǐyǒu sān ge rén.
In the company's early days there were only three people.