Dictionary V1 – SMART CHINESE TEACHER

Examples/列句

Combinations/组合

MEANING/意义

开始

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kāi shǐ




  1


begin; start; to begin; to start; beginning

Type noun/名词; verb/动词

Topics BCT , BCT Level 1 , ECT , ECT Level 4 , HSK , HSK 3.0 , HSK 3.0 Level 2 , ICT , ICT Level 2 , Verb , YCT , YCT Level 3

  2


initial; to begin; to start; beginning

Type noun/名词; verb/动词

Topics HSK , HSK 2.0 , HSK 2.0 Level 2

EXAMPLES/列句

开始的时候

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kāi shǐ de shí hou

sound for pinyin

at the beginning

我们开始吧？

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wǒ men kāi shǐ ba

sound for pinyin

Shall we get started?

COMBINATIONS/组合

刚开始

gāng kāi shǐ

just started; started not very long time ago

一开始

yì kāi shǐ

at the beginning

开始营业

kāi shǐ yíng yè

open for business

一开始就

yì kāi shǐ jiù

as soon as it begins; as early as the beginning; ... ever since the beginning; ... (“Drink Wine“, by Li Bai, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty)

准备开始

zhǔn bèi kāi shǐ

to prepare to start

马上开始

mǎ shàng kāi shǐ

begin soon; start right away

不要开始

bú yào kāi shǐ

don't begin/start

去年开始

qù nián kāi shǐ

start from last year