俶 (chù): to begin
俶 (chù) is a Chinese character meaning “to begin.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), with radical 亻 (person). It ranks #9999 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to begin
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Words & Compounds
俶 appears in 0 compound words: 0 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
他俶品很好，在村里很受尊敬。
tā chù pǐn hěn hǎo , zài cūn lǐ hěn shòu zūn jìng .
He has a good character and is highly respected in the village.
《太平年》讲述的是五代十国末期，吴越国主钱弘俶“纳土归宋”的故事。
tài píng nián jiǎng shù de shì wǔ dài shí guó mò qī , wú yuè guó zhǔ qián hóng chù nà tǔ guī sòng de gù shì .
"The Years of Peace" tells the story of Qian Hongchu, ruler of the Kingdom of Wuyue, who "surrendered his territory to the Song Dynasty" during the late period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
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