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开始

kāishǐ

Traditional: 開始

to begin; to start

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Meaning of 开始 in English

kāishǐHSK 2verb, nounSyllabus #378
  1. to begin; to start
  2. beginning; start

Example sentences

  1. 你应该开始从事高尔夫。
    nǐ yīng gāi kāi shǐ cóng shì gāo ěr fū。
    You should take up golf.
    Tatoeba #4844824 by pig8322 · #4834910 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 一开始，我以为他病了。
    yī kāi shǐ， wǒ yǐ wéi tā bìng le。
    At first, I thought they were sick.
    Tatoeba #794134 by fucongcong · #328706 by fcbond · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 告诉我什么时候开始。
    gào sù wǒ shén me shí hòu kāi shǐ。
    Tell me when to begin.
    Tatoeba #437954 by fucongcong · #980727 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

开 on its own →
kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)

HSK words with 开

开HSK 1开车HSK 1打开HSK 2开学HSK 2分开HSK 3开花HSK 3开会HSK 3开机HSK 3开心HSK 3离开HSK 3
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HSK words with 始

始终HSK 5原始HSK 6创始人HSK 7–9自始至终HSK 7–9

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences