始 (ci2 | shi3 shi4) : beginning, start, first

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始

ci2

shi3 shi4

[1] [n] beginning; start; first [2] [v] begin; start; be the first [3] only then; [4] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 女 (#38)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

始

This word has been viewed 7731 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 14:58

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開始 hoi1 ci2 kai1 shi3 = to start

始終 ci2 zung1 shi3 zhong1 = throughout; all along; always

原始森林 jyun4 ci2 sam1 lam4 yuan2 shi3 sen1 lin2 = virgin forest

原始 jyun4 ci2 yuan2 shi3 = original

自始至終 zi6 ci2 zi3 zung1 zi4 shi3 zhi4 zhong1 = from start to finish; from beginning to end

初始 co1 ci2 chu1 shi3 = [adj] initial

初始化 co1 ci2 faa3 chu1 shi3 hua4 = initialization; to initialize

重新開始 cung4 san1 hoi1 ci2 chong2 xin1 kai1 shi3 = resume, restart

開始以前 hoi1 ci2 ji5 cin4 kai1 shi3 yi3 qian2 = before the beginning (of sth)

始末 ci2 mut6 shi3 mo4 = whole story; the ins and outs

始料未及 ci2 liu6 mei6 kap6 shi3 liao4 wei4 ji2 = beyond one's expectation

由始至終 jau4 ci2 zi3 zung1 = from start to end; all along

一元復始 jat1 jyun4 fuk1 ci2 yi1 yuan2 fu4 shi3 = a new year, a new beginning

始祖 ci2 zou2 shi3 zu3 = primogenitor; founder of a school or trade

有始無終 jau5 ci2 mou4 zung1 you3 shi3 wu2 zhong1 = start sth. but fail to finish; have a beginning but no end

周而復始 zau1 ji4 fuk6 ci2 zhou1 er2 fu4 shi3 = move in cycles; in repeating cycles

建始 gin3 ci2 jian4 shi3 = Jianshi (place in Hubei)

固始 gu3 ci2 gu4 shi3 = Gushi (place in Henan)

始興 ci2 hing1 shi3 xing1 = Shixing (place in Guangdong)

秦始皇 ceon4 ci2 wong4 qin2 shi3 huang2 = Qin Shihuang (established the Qin dynasty)

始祖鳥 ci2 zou2 niu5 = [n] archaeopteryx

原始大陸 jyun4 ci2 daai6 luk6 yuan2 shi3 da4 lu4 = Pangaea

始作俑者 ci2 zok3 jung2 ze2 shi3 zuo4 yong3 zhe3 = the initiator of a bad precedent; the originator of a vile practise

伊始 ji1 ci2 yi1 shi3 = dawning; beginning

秦始皇帝 ceon4 ci2 wong4 dai3 qin2 shi3 huang2 di4 = Qin Shihuang, the First Emperor 259-210 BC

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他的名聲已經開始傳開傳了。國
His reputation has already begun to spread.

緊要家陣開始努力溫書，考試過唔過到骨至少對得住自己良心。粵

我已經寫明係七點鐘開始嘅。
I've already clearly put into writing that it starts at 7 o'clock.

隻狗好似嗅到乜味道噉，開始大聲吠粵
The dog seems to have sniffed and picked up some scent and started to bark.

我想學好講嘢先。當我講得好嘅時候，就會開始學寫。而家，我只係想留到最後先至學寫。粵
I want to learn to speak first . When I can speak well, then I'll learn to write. For now, I just want to leave the writing until last.
[copied from [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,91899,91899#msg-91899]this thread.[/url]]

謀殺始終係謀殺粵
Murder is always murder.

我哋開始懷疑佢有可能係我哋搵緊嗰個殺人狂粵
We're starting to suspect that he's probably the homicidal maniac we're looking for.

我相信佢已經開始懷疑，內鬼原來係我粵
I believe he's already started to think that the mole was me all along.

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