开始(kāi shǐ): to begin
to begin
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- kāi shǐ
- Meaning
- to begin; to start
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 開始
Appears in lessons
开始 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 开始 — tap one to open its word page.
fēn分kāi开
HSK 2to separate
gōng公kāi开
HSK 3open; overt; public
zhào召kāi开
HSK 4to convene (a conference or meeting)
gōng公kāi开xìn信
HSK 7-9open letter
sān三qī七kāi开
ratio seventy to thirty
bù不kě可kāi开jiāo交
to be awfully (busy etc)
diū丢kāi开
to cast or put aside
dī低kāi开
(finance) (of the price of a security etc) to open lower than the previous closing price
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