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始

shǐ

begin, start; then, only then

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Example sentences

  • 我们开始吧。

    Wǒ men kāi shǐ ba

    Let's start.

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  • 从头开始吧。

    Cóng tóu kāi shǐ ba

    Let's start over.

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  • 什么时候开始？

    Shén me shí hou kāi shǐ

    What time does it start?

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  • 有什么要开始了。

    Yǒu shén me yào kāi shǐ le

    Something is starting to happen.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 始

  • 开始kāi shǐ 1–3 to begin; beginning; to start; initial
  • 始终shǐ zhōng 3–1 from beginning to end; all along
  • 原始yuán shǐ 2–3 first; original; primitive; original (document etc)
  • 创始人chuàng shǐ rén 4–3–2creator; founder; initiator
  • 自始至终zì shǐ zhì zhōng 4–3–4–1from start to finish (idiom)