(pos:語素)
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yue:開始，開端，開頭
eng:early; the beginning of
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yue:#當初 (dong1 co1)
eng:at the beginning
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yue:#初時 (co1 si4)
eng:at first; originally; in the beginning
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yue:#最初 (zeoi3 co1)
eng:initially; at the beginning
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yue:#起初 (hei2 co1)
eng:at first; initially
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yue:十月初 (sap6 jyut6 co1)
eng:early October
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yue:上世紀初 (soeng6 sai3 gei2 co1)
eng:the beginning of the last century
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yue:一年之初 (jat1 nin4 zi1 co1)
eng:the beginning of a year
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<explanation>
yue:第一次
eng:for the first time
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yue:#初犯 (co1 faan6)
eng:first offence
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yue:#初次 (co1 ci3)
eng:the first time
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yue:#初戀 (co1 lyun2)
eng:first love
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<explanation>
yue:啱啱，剛才，唔係好耐之前
eng:just beginning to; just happened
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yue:#大病初癒 (daai6 beng6 co1 jyu6)
eng:have just recovered from a serious illness
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yue:初生嬰兒 (co1 sang1 jing1 ji4)
eng:new born baby
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<explanation>
yue:一個比較低嘅階段
eng:elementary; junior
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yue:#初級 (co1 kap1)
eng:junior grade
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yue:#初班 (co1 baan1)
eng:elementary class
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yue:#初階 (co1 gaai1)
eng:beginning; elementary

(pos:詞綴)
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yue:用喺數詞「#一」至「#十」前面，表示農曆每個月頭十日
eng:a prefix before numerals #一 one to #十 ten, to indicate the first ten days in a month in the lunar calendar
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yue:#初一 (co1 jat1)
eng:the first day of a month in the lunar calendar
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yue:#年初一 (nin4 co1 jat1)
eng:first day of the Lunar New Year
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yue:九月初九係重陽節。 (gau2 jyut6 co1 gau2 hai6 cung4 joeng4 zit3.)
eng:Chung Yeung Festival is on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month.