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开始

kāi shǐ

HSK 2 2-character word Traditional 開始 Measure word 个

What 开始 means

1. to begin
2. beginning
3. to start
4. initial

The characters in 开始

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 始shǐto begin; to start; then

Example sentences

• 开始！
  Action!
• 开始。
  Get started.
• 大家开始笑
  Dàjiā kāishǐ xiào
  They all began to laugh.
• 马上开始。
  Start now.
• 从头开始。
  Start at the beginning.
• 我开始跑。
  I began running.

Words containing 开始

• 重新开始chóng xīn kāi shǐto resume; to restart; to start afresh
• 从零开始cóng líng kāi shǐto start from scratch