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开始
開始
kāishǐ
1. to begin
2. beginning
3. to start
4. initial
5. CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
HSK 2

Character Breakdown

开
kāi
to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
HSK 1 4 丶
始
shǐ
to begin, to start; beginning
HSK 2 8 丶

Compound Words (4)

重新开始
chóngxīnkāishǐ
to resume
开始以前
kāishǐyǐqián
before the beginning (of sth)
开始比赛
kāishǐbǐsài
to start a match
开始营业
kāishǐyíngyè
to start trading

Example Sentences (8)

您从几岁开始学习跳舞？
Nín cóng jǐ suì kāishǐ xuéxí tiàowǔ?
At what age did you start learning to dance?
Text 2
比赛马上就要开始了，小云怎么还没来？
Bǐsài mǎshàng jiù yào kāishǐ le, Xiǎoyún zěnme hái méi lái?
The match is about to start; why hasn't Xiaoyun arrived yet?
Text 2
开始有点儿不习惯，后来就慢慢适应了，最近我还交了一个中国朋友。
Kāishǐ yǒu diǎnr bù xíguàn, hòulái jiù mànmàn shìyìng le, zuìjìn wǒ hái jiāo le yí gè Zhōngguó péngyou.
At first I wasn’t quite used to it, then I gradually got used to it, and recently I even made a Chinese friend.
Text 1
太好了！他什么时候开始上班？
Tài hǎo le! Tā shénme shíhou kāishǐ shàngbān?
Great! When does he start work?
Text 3
你是什么时候开始踢足球的？
Nǐ shì shénme shíhou kāishǐ tī zúqiú de?
When did you start playing soccer?
Text 3
从下个星期一开始。
Cóng xià gè xīngqī yī kāishǐ.
Beginning next Monday.
Text 3
我十一岁的时候开始踢足球，已经踢了十年了。
Wǒ shíyī suì de shíhòu kāishǐ tī zúqiú, yǐjīng tī le shí nián le.
I started playing soccer when I was eleven years old, and I have been playing for ten years.
Text 3
我也想起来了。她现在慢慢地开始像个女孩子了。
Wǒ yě xiǎng qǐlái le. Tā xiànzài mànmàn de kāishǐ xiàng gè nǚ háizi le.
I also remembered. She is now slowly starting to look like a girl.
Text 1

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