开 始

kāishǐ

verbnounHSK 3

“To begin” in Chinese is 开始 (kāishǐ).

Meaning

to begin; to start
beginning; start

Example

开始很难。

Getting started was difficult.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

kāiHSK 14 strokesto open (transitive or intransitive)shǐHSK 38 strokesto begin

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