初步 (chū bù) — initial, preliminary, tentative
Definition
An adjective meaning 'preliminary' — modifies a noun (调查报告, 方案, 结果) to signal the work is early-stage and not final. Less broad than 开始 (a verb/event) and more concrete than 最初 (a noun for the initial period).
adjective
initialpreliminarytentative
Examples
- 初步，。Jīng guò chū bù diào chá, wǒ men fā xiàn le wèn tí.After a preliminary investigation, we discovered the problem.
- 初步，。Zhè zhǐ shì chū bù fāng àn, hái xū yào xiū gǎi.This is just a preliminary plan; it still needs revision.
- 初步。chū bù Jié guǒ yǐ jīng chū lái le.The preliminary results are already out.
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