开始 - Mandarin word #129

开始

kāishǐ

Traditional: 開始

HSK 2

#129 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to begin, to start, beginning

Stroke order

开

始

。

Let's begin.

。

The game has started.

。

Start working hard from now.

课kè？

When do we start class?

钢gāng琴qín。

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.

从

from, since, following

就

then, just, exactly, as soon as

然后

then, after that, afterwards

先

first, in advance, earlier

一直

always, continuously, all along

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 3.