初冬

chūdōng

noun

Meanings

HSK 7-9

初冬的早晨，地上结了一层薄霜。

Chūdōng de zǎochen, dìshang jié le yì céng báo shuāng.

On early-winter mornings there is a thin layer of frost on the ground.

HSK 7-9

初冬时节，北方已经开始供暖了。

Chūdōng shíjié, běifāng yǐjīng kāishǐ gōngnuǎn le.

By early winter, the north has already turned on its heating.

grammar

初 'beginning' goes before a season: 初春, 初夏, 初秋, 初冬. With a year or a month it comes after: 年初, 月初. The end of a season takes 末: 冬末 'late winter'.

初 chū

冬 dōng