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Stroke order
开始 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.
- 开 — 4 strokes
- 始 — 8 strokes
Senses
- to begin; to start
- beginning; start
Example sentences
- 我们什么时候开始？Wǒmen shénme shíhou kāishǐ?When do we begin?
- 现在开始上课。Xiànzài kāishǐ shàng kè.Now let's begin the lesson.
Related words
开始 is pronounced kāishǐ and means “เริ่ม”. It belongs to the HSK 2 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 开始 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.