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開始

to start

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

kai1shi3 • kāishǐ

Meaning

Primary

to start

Alternatives

start, starts, starting, started, begin, to begin, beginning

Mnemonic

開始 To start something in the true sense is 始 to start it and thus 開 open up a new beginning.

Usage

我們 開始 吧！

Let's get started!

我們 還 沒有 開始。

We haven't started yet.

今天 從 第 四 課 開始。

Today we'll start with Lesson 4.