to begin (v.)
HSK 2
Traditional
開始
Radicals
Stroke order
Examples
我们几点开始上课？ wǒmen jǐ diǎn kāishǐ shàngkè? - What time do we start the class?
电影已经开始了。 diànyǐng yǐjīng kāishǐ le. - The movie has already started.
他开始学习中文。 tā kāishǐ xuéxí zhōngwén. - He started learning Chinese.
我们从明天开始运动。 wǒmen cóng míngtiān kāishǐ yùndòng. - We will start exercising from tomorrow.
她开始工作了。 tā kāishǐ gōngzuò le. - She started working.
Characters
开 kāi - to switch on; open | HSK 1
始 shǐ - to begin, to start; beginning |