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开始

kāishǐ
HSK 3.0 · Level 3HSK 2.0 · Level 2Traditional: 開始

In Mandarin Chinese, 开始 (kāishǐ) means “to begin; to start”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. to begin
  2. to start

Stroke order

Examples

  • 电影晚上八点钟开始。
    Diànyǐng wǎnshang bā diǎn zhōng kāishǐ.
    The movie begins at eight o'clock in the evening.

Characters

开
kāi
to open; to turn on
Words with 开
开打开开车开会开玩笑分开开机开心
始
shǐ
to begin; to start
Words with 始
始终原始创始人自始至终