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CHINESE WORD

kāi shǐ

开始

begin

Numbered pinyin
kai1 shi3
English meanings
begin, start

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    wǒmen我们kāishǐ开始ba吧。

    Let's begin.

  2. 02

    shàngkè上课kāishǐ开始le了。

    Class has begun.

  3. 03

    xīn新de的yī一nián年kāishǐ开始le了。

    The new year began.

  4. 04

    cóngtóu从头kāishǐ开始。

    Start from the beginning.

  5. 05

    yī一kāishǐ开始hěn很nán难。

    Hard at the start.

  6. 06

    kāishǐ开始xuéxí学习Zhōngwén中文。

    Started learning Chinese.

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