开始 kāishǐ

HSK level

Traditional form

開始

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

开 kāi

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of 開 kāi . Pictograph of two hands opening the bolt on a door. The traditional component 門 mén was removed for simplification.

Positional decomposition

⿱一廾

Number of Strokes

始 shǐ

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

台 Tái

Semantic compound

女 nǚ

Positional decomposition

⿰女台

Number of Strokes

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他 tā 把 bǎ 煮 zhǔ 好 hǎo 的 de 鸡肉 jī ròu 撕开就 jiù 开始 kāishǐ 吃 chī 起来 qǐlai .

He tore the cooked chicken apart and began to eat it.

防病比 Bǐ 治病 zhì bìng 好 hǎo , 所以 suǒyǐ 从 Cóng 现在 xiànzài 开始 kāishǐ 照顾 zhàogu 好 hǎo 你 nǐ 的 de 心脏 xīnzàng .

Prevention is better than cure, so start looking after your heart now.

起初 qǐchū 天气 tiānqì 很 hěn 好 hǎo ,后来 hòulái 才 cái 开始 kāishǐ 下 xià 雨 yǔ .

It was fine to begin with and then It'started to rain.

他 tā 开始 kāishǐ 把 bǎ 花 Huā 瓶 píng 内 nèi 的 de 花 Huā 摆 bǎi 好 hǎo .

He began to arrange the flowers in the vase.

当 dāng 你 nǐ 开始 kāishǐ 新 Xīn 工作 gōngzuò 时 shí ,准备 zhǔnbèi 好 hǎo 凭 píng 直觉 zhí jué 行事 xíng shì .

Be ready to follow your nose when you start a new job.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 开始 kāishǐ and their own compounds.

开 kāi

一 yī , 廾 gǒng

始 shǐ

台 Tái

口 kǒu , 厶 sī

女 nǚ

See all 68 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 开始 kāishǐ in their composition.

开 kāi

并 bìng

屏 bīng

摒 bǐng , 幈 píng , 偋, 塀, 竮, 箳

洴 píng

蓱 píng

饼 bǐng , 瓶 píng , 拼 pīn , 迸 bèng , 姘 pīn , 胼 pián , 帡 píng , 栟 bīng , 絣 bǐng , 軿 píng , 鉼 bǐng , 骈 pián , 併 bìng , 剏, 剙, 垪, 庰, 恲, 皏, 硑 pēng , 缾, 聠, 艵, 荓, 蛢, 誁, 賆, 跰, 郱, 頩, 餅 bǐng , 駢 pián , 骿, 鮩, 鵧