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Jyutping co1 jat1
Pinyin chū yī

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. first day of lunar month
  2. New Year's Day
  3. first year in junior middle school
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    農​曆​每個​月​嘅​第一​日​(​每個​月頭​十日​都​會​喺​數​字​前面​加上​「​初​」​字​)
    the first day of a month in the lunar calendar
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, specifically
    first day of a lunar month
  2. noun, broadly
    first day of a lunar month
  3. noun, Mainland-China, Taiwan
    first year in junior middle school; seventh grade
    (syn.) 國一, 国一, 中一
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    每逢初一、十五,我阿妈都食斋。
    每逢初一、十五,我阿媽都食齋。
    mui5 fung4 co1 jat1, sap6 ng5, ngo5 aa3 maa1 dou1 sik6 zaai1.
    • My mum goes vegetarian on the first and fifteenth days of each lunar month.
  2. Cantonese
    好吖,你做初一我做十五,一于同你开拖!
    好吖,你做初一我做十五,一於同你開拖!
    hou2 aa1, nei5 zou6 co1 jat1 ngo5 zou6 sap6 ng5, jat1 jyu1 tung4 nei5 hoi1 to1!
    • Fine, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Let's fight!
  3. Cantonese
    初一
    初一
    co1 jat1
    • the first day of a month in the lunar calendar
  4. Cantonese
    年初一
    年初一
    nin4 co1 jat1
    • first day of the Lunar New Year
  5. Cantonese
    大年初一就梗系出去拜年啦。
    大年初一就梗係出去拜年啦。
    daai6 nin4 co1 jat1 zau6 gang2 hai6 ceot1 heoi3 baai3 nin4 laa1.
    • It's the first day of the lunar New Year. Let's go and visit our relatives!
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    大年初一
    大年初一
    dà nián chū yī
    • New Year's Day