初学

初學

chūxué

verb #43,935

Meanings

HSK 3

我初学游泳的时候很怕水。

Wǒ chūxué yóuyǒng de shíhou hěn pà shuǐ.

When I first started learning to swim, I was very afraid of the water.

HSK 6

这本教材是专门为初学汉语的外国人编写的。

Zhè běn jiàocái shì zhuānmén wèi chūxué Hànyǔ de wàiguórén biānxiě de.

This textbook was written especially for foreigners who are new to Chinese.

usage

Usually comes right before what is being learned (初学英语, just starting English) or before 的 + a person. The noun 'beginner' is 初学者.

初 chū

学 xué