shǐ

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Definitions

  1. 1. to begin
  2. 2. to start
  3. 3. then
  4. 4. only then

Example Sentences

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您冷靜下來,從頭開 跟我說。
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Words Containing 始

创始人
chuàng shǐ rén

creator

原始
yuán shǐ

first

始终
shǐ zhōng

from beginning to end

自始至终
zì shǐ zhì zhōng

from start to finish (idiom)

开始
kāi shǐ

to begin

一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ

a new year begins (idiom)

伊始
yī shǐ

outset

倡始
chàng shǐ

to initiate

初始
chū shǐ

initial

初始化
chū shǐ huà

(computing) to initialize

创始
chuàng shǐ

to initiate

创始者
chuàng shǐ zhě

creator

千里之行,始于足下
qiān lǐ zhī xíng , shǐ yú zú xià

lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step

原始林
yuán shǐ lín

primary forest

原始热带雨林
yuán shǐ rè dài yǔ lín

virgin tropical rainforest

原始码
yuán shǐ mǎ

source code (computing) (Tw, HK)

原始社会
yuán shǐ shè huì

primitive society

善始善终
shàn shǐ shàn zhōng

where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth

固始
gù shǐ

Gushi county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan

固始县
gù shǐ xiàn

Gushi county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan

报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ

ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)

始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě

lit. the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom)

始建
shǐ jiàn

to start building

始料未及
shǐ liào wèi jí

not expected at the outset (idiom)

始新世
shǐ xīn shì

Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)

始新纪
shǐ xīn jì

Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)

始新统
shǐ xīn tǒng

Eocene system (geology)

始末
shǐ mò

whole story

始发
shǐ fā

(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey)

始祖
shǐ zǔ

primogenitor

始祖鸟
shǐ zǔ niǎo

Archaeopteryx

始终不渝
shǐ zhōng bù yú

unswerving

始终如一
shǐ zhōng rú yī

unswerving from start to finish (idiom)

始兴
shǐ xīng

Shixing County in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong

始兴县
shǐ xīng xiàn

Shixing County in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong

始点
shǐ diǎn

starting point

建始
jiàn shǐ

Jianshi County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[ēn shī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Hubei

建始县
jiàn shǐ xiàn

Jianshi County in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[ēn shī tǔ jiā zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Hubei

从零开始
cóng líng kāi shǐ

to start from scratch

摩登原始人
mó dēng yuán shǐ rén

The Flintstones (TV Series)

旬始
xún shǐ

comet from Saturn, traditionally described as yellow

更始
gēng shǐ

to make a new start

有始有终
yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng

where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth

有始无终
yǒu shǐ wú zhōng

to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through

未始
wèi shǐ

not necessarily

秦始皇
qín shǐ huáng

Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor

秦始皇帝
qín shǐ huáng dì

the First Emperor 259-210 BC

秦始皇帝陵
qín shǐ huáng dì líng

the mausoleum of the First Emperor near Xi'an

秦始皇陵
qín shǐ huáng líng

the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[lí shān] near Xi'an (awaits excavation)

终而复始
zhōng ér fù shǐ

lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle

肇始
zhào shǐ

to initiate

自始
zì shǐ

from the outset

至始至终
zhì shǐ zhì zhōng

from start to finish

贯彻始终
guàn chè shǐ zhōng

to follow through

起始
qǐ shǐ

to originate

周而复始
zhōu ér fù shǐ

lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles

重新开始
chóng xīn kāi shǐ

to resume; to restart; to start afresh

开始以前
kāi shǐ yǐ qián

before the beginning (of sth)

开始比赛
kāi shǐ bǐ sài

to start a match