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原始

yuán shǐ

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Stative verb

原始 (yuán shǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “first”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. first
  2. original
  3. primitive
  4. original (document etc)

Stroke order

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Example

這座森林還保留著原始的樣子。

This forest still keeps its original, untouched look.

Related words at this level

原來如此原料圓滿圓圈原先原則上原住民源自

Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).