(kāi shǐ) - to begin, to start, beginning in Mandarin
kāishǐTraditional: 開始
HSK 2
#129 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
to begin, to start, beginning
Word origin
开始 means to begin or start. 开 (kāi) is to open (from 開, unbarring a gate). 始 (shǐ) means beginning, a phono-semantic compound with the 女 'woman' radical and phonetic 台 (tái).
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 开 (kāi, to open) + 始 (shǐ, beginning)
Stroke order
开
始
Examples
。
Let's begin.
。
The game has started.
。
Start working hard from now.
课？
When do we start class?
钢琴。
She has started learning the piano.
开始 (kāi shǐ) means to begin, to start, beginning. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.
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