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shǐ

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shǐ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shǐ | shi3
English translation
to begin
to start
then
only then
to begin, to start; beginning

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About shǐ

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

shǐ

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

woman

Etymology of shǐ

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

女台

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Tái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Tái represents the sound. The (woman) component is used because life begins inside a woman.

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Example sentences using shǐ

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zhè běn Shū 所有 suǒyǒu de 插图 chā tú dōu Jiā tiē 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài dōu 开始 kāishǐ tuō le .

All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.

计数器 jì shù qì dào líng , jiù huì 知道 zhīdào 录音 lùyīn Cóng 哪儿 nǎr 开始 kāishǐ .

Set the counter to zero and you'll know where the recording starts.

xiǎo 因为 yīnwèi 饿 è ér 开始 kāishǐ 吱吱 jiào .

The little chicks began to peep because they were hungry.

zài 人类 rénlèi 历史 lìshǐ de 部分 bùfen 时期 shíqī Zhōng , 数学 shùxué 物理学 wù lǐ xué 几乎 jīhū 始终 shǐzhōng shì 不可 bù kě 分地 fēn dì 联系 liánxì zài 一起 yīqǐ de .

Throughout most of human history, mathematics and physics have been inseparably joined.

Cóng 自行车 zìxíngchē 下来 xià lai ,开始 kāishǐ tuī zhāo 上坡 shàng pō .

I dismounted and began to push my bicycle up the hill.

Words with shǐ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
开始 kāishǐ to begin開始
始终 shǐzhōng all along始終
shǐ to begin shǐ
原始 yuánshǐ first原始 yuánshǐ
创始人 chuàng shǐ rén creator創始人
初始 chū shǐ initial初始 chū shǐ
伊始 yī shǐ outset伊始 yī shǐ
自始至终 zì shǐ zhì zhōng from start to finish (idiom)自始至終
起始 qǐ shǐ to originate起始 qǐ shǐ
秦始皇 Qín Shǐ huáng Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor秦始皇 Qín Shǐ huáng
始建 shǐ jiàn first built始建 shǐ jiàn
始作俑者 shǐ zuò yǒng zhě fig. the originator of an evil practice始作俑者 shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
始祖 shǐ zǔ primogenitor始祖 shǐ zǔ
始终如一 shǐ zhōng rú yī unswerving from start to finish (idiom)始終如一
创始 chuàng shǐ to initiate創始
初始化 chū shǐ huà initialization初始化 chū shǐ huà
始末 shǐ mò whole story始末 shǐ mò
周而复始 zhōu ér fù shǐ the wheel comes full circle週而復始
始料未及 shǐ liào wèi jí unforeseen始料未及 shǐ liào wèi jí
善始善终 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng to carry things through善始善終
有始有终 yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng to carry things through有始有終
始终不渝 shǐ zhōng bù yú unswerving始終不渝
原始社会 yuán shǐ shè huì primitive society原始社會

shǐ Decomposition & Compounds

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shǐ Decomposition

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