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当初

dāngchū

Traditional: 當初

at that time

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Meaning of 当初 in English

dāngchūHSK 6nounSyllabus #3868
  1. at that time
  2. originally

Example sentences

  1. 我当初要是买音乐会的票就好了。
    wǒ dāng chū yào shì mǎi yīn yuè huì de piào jiù hǎo le。
    I wish I had bought a ticket for the concert.
    Tatoeba #4267327 by notabene · #50372 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 要不是当初有内战，他们现在应该挺富裕了。
    yào bú shì dāng chū yǒu nèi zhàn， tā men xiàn zài yīng gāi tǐng fù yù le。
    If it had not been for civil war, they would be wealthy now.
    Tatoeba #4459718 by yuiyu · #280775 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

当 on its own →
dāng · to be

HSK words with 当

当然HSK 3当HSK 4当时HSK 4当地HSK 5当年HSK 5当前HSK 5当中HSK 5当成HSK 5当作HSK 5适当HSK 5
初 on its own →
chū · at first; initially

HSK words with 初

初中HSK 3初HSK 5初级HSK 5初期HSK 5年初HSK 5最初HSK 5初步HSK 6初等HSK 6起初HSK 6初衷HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences