起初

起初	qǐ chū	originally; at first; at the outset
起	qǐ	to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
初	chū	at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic