始 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

始 English definition

shǐ

  • to begin
  • to start
  • then
  • only then

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : archaic variant of 始[shi3];
  • 使 : to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger;
  • : history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China;
  • : 屚
  • : stool; feces; ear wax; nasal mucus;
  • : arrow; dart; straight; to vow; to swear; old variant of 屎[shi3];
  • : hog; swine;
  • : to gallop; speedily; to proceed to; to pilot (ship, plane etc); to sail;

Sentences examples with 始

  • 先生,请问您什么时候开始点菜?
    Xiānshēng, qǐngwèn nín shénme shíhòu kāishǐ diǎn cài?
  • 我们从第十课开始学习。
    Wǒmen cóng dì shí kè kāishǐ xuéxí.
  • (学汉字)开始可能会觉得有点难。
    (Xué hànzì) kāishǐ kěnéng huì juédé yǒudiǎn nán.
  • 春天是一年的开始。
    Chūntiān shì yī nián de kāishǐ.
  • 同学们,下面我们开始做练习。
    Tóngxuémen, xiàmiàn wǒmen kāishǐ zuò liànxí.

Words containing 始, by HSK level