first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally

(bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"

originally; at first; at the outset

beginning of the year

as before; as ever