开始 Chinese English dictionary 开始 translate 开始 pinyin

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开始

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
开始 kāishǐ	开始 \| 开始* \| *开始	to begin; to start / beginning; start	開始 HSK 3

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
开	开 \| 开* \| *开	4画一 + 3 廾 + 1	kāi	open; initiate, begin, start	hoi1	開 1044 MT


始	始 \| 始* \| *始	8画女 + 5	shǐ	begin, start; then, only then	ci2	4346.0 VIR

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
开始 kāishǐ	开始 \| 开始* \| *开始	to begin; to start / beginning; start


开 kāi	开 \| 开* \| *开	to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文｜开尔文 / abbr. for 開本｜开本, book format


始　shǐ	始 \| 始* \| *始	to begin / to start / then / only then