台Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

初

chū

ㄔㄨ

1(bound form) at first; initially
2(bound form) first; early
3(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"

Example

初次見面。

chūcì jiànmiàn

How do you do?

Keep 初 and it comes back until you know it.