Taiwan Mandarin

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WordTOCFL Level 4stative verb (adj.)Taiwan frequency #2,493

原始

yuánshǐ·ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˇ

“original; primitive; earliest; first; original document; unspoiled; unprocessed; in the earliest stage of human history”

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yuán·ㄩㄢˊ

Original; former; primary; raw; cause; source; beginning; to forgive; a surname; a wide flat area.

To begin or start; then or only then; formerly or once; initially or originally.