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原始
yuánshǐ
1. first
2. original
3. primitive
4. original (document etc)
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 6%

Character Breakdown

原
yuán
source, origin, beginning
HSK 4 10 丶
始
shǐ
to begin, to start; beginning
HSK 2 8 丶

Compound Words (4)

原始林
yuánshǐlín
old growth forest
原始社会
yuánshǐshèhuì
primitive society
摩登原始人
MódēngYuánshǐrén
The Flintstones (TV Series)
原始热带雨林
yuánshǐrèdàiyǔlín
virgin tropical rainforest

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
4,791 of 84,292