开始/開始 kāishǐ — 从头起；着手进行

义项

1. 1

   从头起；着手进行

   To start. It can stand alone (电影开始了) or introduce the activity that begins (开始上课, 开始学习汉语), in which case a second verb follows it directly.

   verb
2. 2

   开头的阶段

   noun

字形拆解

• 开/開

  kāi (first tone, high and level)

  to open; to turn on, to switch on; to start, to begin; to drive (a vehicle); to hold (a meeting)

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例句

• 我们八点开始上课。/我們八點開始上課。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) bā (first tone, high and level) diǎn (third tone, dipping) kāishǐ (first tone, high and level) shàng (fourth tone, falling) kè. (fourth tone, falling)···

  Our class starts at eight.

• 电影已经开始了。/電影已經開始了。Diànyǐng (fourth tone, falling) yǐjīng (third tone, dipping) kāishǐ (first tone, high and level) le. (neutral tone)···

  The film has already started.

常见错误

• 不太对我开始了学习汉语。

  正确我开始学习汉语了。

  了 does not squeeze in between 开始 and the verb it introduces. It goes at the end of the sentence, where it reports the change of situation.

近义词

含“开”的词

• 开/開kāi (first tone, high and level)使关闭的东西不再关闭
• 离开/離開líkāi (second tone, rising)从某地或某人身边走开
• 打开/打開dǎ (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to open
• 公开/公開gōng (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)public
• 开车/開車kāi (first tone, high and level) chē (first tone, high and level)to drive a car
• 开发/開發kāi (first tone, high and level) fā (first tone, high and level)to exploit (a resource)
• 开放/開放kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to bloom
• 展开/展開zhǎn (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to unfold
• 分开/分開fēn (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to separate
• 开口/開口kāi (first tone, high and level) kǒu (third tone, dipping)to open one's mouth
• 改革开放/改革開放gǎi (third tone, dipping) gé (second tone, rising) kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to reform and open to the outside world
• 开玩笑/開玩笑kāi (first tone, high and level) wán (second tone, rising) xiào (fourth tone, falling)to play a joke
• 召开/召開zhào (fourth tone, falling) kāi (first tone, high and level)to convene (a conference or meeting)
• 开会/開會kāi (first tone, high and level) huì (fourth tone, falling)to hold a meeting
• 开通/開通kāi (first tone, high and level) tōng (first tone, high and level)to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
• 开工/開工kāi (first tone, high and level) gōng (first tone, high and level)to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)
• 拉开/拉開lā (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to pull open