"開始" meaning in Chinese

See 開始 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰoi̯²⁴ sɨ³¹/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /kʰai⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾ly³³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰai³³ si⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Hui'an], /kʰai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Philippines, Quanzhou], /kʰui³³ si⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Philippines], /kʰai³³⁻²³ si⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/, /kʰoi̯²⁴ sɨ³¹/, /kʰai⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾ly³³/, /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/, /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/, /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/, /kʰai³³ si⁵⁴/, /kʰai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/, /kʰui³³ si⁵⁵⁴/, /kʰai³³⁻²³ si⁵²/, /kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/ Chinese transliterations: kāishǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hoi¹ ci² [Cantonese, Jyutping], khôi-sṳ́ [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], kăi-sṳ̄, khai-sí [Hokkien, POJ], khui-sí [Hokkien, POJ], kai¹ si² [Peng'im, Teochew], ¹khe-sy, kāishǐ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], kaishǐh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], kʻai¹-shih³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], kāi-shř [Mandarin, Yale, standard], kaishyy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], кайши [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], kajši [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], hōi chí [Cantonese, Yale], hoi¹ tsi² [Cantonese, Pinyin], hoi¹ qi² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], khôi-sṳ́ [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], koi^ˊ sii^ˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], koi¹ si³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], kăi-sṳ̄ [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], khai-sí [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qaisie [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khui-sí [Hokkien, Tai-lo], quisie [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khai sí [POJ, Teochew], ¹khe-sy [Northern, Wu], khe^平 sy [Northern, Wu], ¹khe-sr [Northern, Wu], /kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/ [Northern, Wu] Forms: 开始
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 開始
  1. start; beginning; commencement Synonyms: 序幕 (xùmù) [figuratively], [literary], 起頭先 (kī-tàu-sĕng) [Eastern, Min], 起头先 (kī-tàu-sĕng) [Eastern, Min], 開端 (kāiduān), 开端 (kāiduān), 開頭 (kāitóu), 开头 (kāitóu), 首端 (shǒuduān) Derived forms: 一開始 (yīkāishǐ), 一开始 (yīkāishǐ), 自……開始, 自……开始
    Sense id: en-開始-zh-noun-r3he-y~h Categories (other): Beginning Mandarin, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Beginning Mandarin: 79 21 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 38 14 25 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 14 25 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 伊始 (yīshǐ) [literary], 發端 (fāduān), 发端 (fāduān), 肇端 (zhàoduān) [literary], 起始 (qǐshǐ), 起頭 (qǐtóu), 起头 (qǐtóu)

Verb

IPA: /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kʰoi̯²⁴ sɨ³¹/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /kʰai⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾ly³³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /kʰai³³ si⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Hui'an], /kʰai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Jinjiang, Philippines, Quanzhou], /kʰui³³ si⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Philippines], /kʰai³³⁻²³ si⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/, /kʰoi̯²⁴ sɨ³¹/, /kʰai⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾ly³³/, /kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/, /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/, /kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/, /kʰai³³ si⁵⁴/, /kʰai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/, /kʰui³³ si⁵⁵⁴/, /kʰai³³⁻²³ si⁵²/, /kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/ Chinese transliterations: kāishǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hoi¹ ci² [Cantonese, Jyutping], khôi-sṳ́ [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], kăi-sṳ̄, khai-sí [Hokkien, POJ], khui-sí [Hokkien, POJ], kai¹ si² [Peng'im, Teochew], ¹khe-sy, kāishǐ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], kaishǐh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], kʻai¹-shih³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], kāi-shř [Mandarin, Yale, standard], kaishyy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], кайши [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], kajši [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], hōi chí [Cantonese, Yale], hoi¹ tsi² [Cantonese, Pinyin], hoi¹ qi² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], khôi-sṳ́ [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], koi^ˊ sii^ˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], koi¹ si³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], kăi-sṳ̄ [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], khai-sí [Hokkien, Tai-lo], qaisie [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khui-sí [Hokkien, Tai-lo], quisie [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], khai sí [POJ, Teochew], ¹khe-sy [Northern, Wu], khe^平 sy [Northern, Wu], ¹khe-sr [Northern, Wu], /kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/ [Northern, Wu] Forms: 开始
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 開始
  1. to start; to begin; to commence Synonyms: 權輿 (quányú) [literary], 权舆 (quányú) [literary], 發軔 (fārèn) [literary], 发轫 (fārèn) [literary], 肇始 (zhàoshǐ) [literary], [in-compounds, literary], 起手 [Cantonese, Eastern, Min], 開首 (kāishǒu) [Beijing, Mandarin], 开首 (kāishǒu) [Beijing, Mandarin]
    Sense id: en-開始-zh-verb-5nZVafhf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 伊始 (yīshǐ) [literary], 發端 (fāduān), 发端 (fāduān), 肇端 (zhàoduān) [literary], 起始 (qǐshǐ), 起頭 (qǐtóu), 起头 (qǐtóu)
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jiéshù",
      "word": "結束"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiéshù",
      "word": "结束"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "开始",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "開始",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to start again",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "chóngxīn kāishǐ",
          "text": "重新開始",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to start again",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "chóngxīn kāishǐ",
          "text": "重新开始",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "starting from today",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "cóng jīntiān kāishǐ",
          "text": "從今天開始",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "starting from today",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "cóng jīntiān kāishǐ",
          "text": "从今天开始",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The countdown starts now!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Dàojìshí xiànzài kāishǐ!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "倒計時現在開始!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The countdown starts now!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Dàojìshí xiànzài kāishǐ!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "倒计时现在开始!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He hit the ground running with a goal just as the game started.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Qiúsài yī kāishǐ, tā yǐ yī qiú dǎkāi júmiàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "球賽一開始,他以一球打開局面。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He hit the ground running with a goal just as the game started.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Qiúsài yī kāishǐ, tā yǐ yī qiú dǎkāi júmiàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "球赛一开始,他以一球打开局面。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This television drama is so good! I have already begun to watch through it for the fourth time!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè bù diànshìjù tài hǎokàn le! Wǒ yǐjīng kāishǐ sì shuā le!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "這部電視劇太好看了!我已經開始四刷了!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This television drama is so good! I have already begun to watch through it for the fourth time!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè bù diànshìjù tài hǎokàn le! Wǒ yǐjīng kāishǐ sì shuā le!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "这部电视剧太好看了!我已经开始四刷了!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start; to begin; to commence"
      ],
      "id": "en-開始-zh-verb-5nZVafhf",
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "commence",
          "commence"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "quányú",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "權輿"
        },
        {
          "roman": "quányú",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "权舆"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fārèn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "發軔"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fārèn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "发轫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhàoshǐ",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "肇始"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "in-compounds",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "萌"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Eastern",
            "Min"
          ],
          "word": "起手"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāishǒu",
          "tags": [
            "Beijing",
            "Mandarin"
          ],
          "word": "開首"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāishǒu",
          "tags": [
            "Beijing",
            "Mandarin"
          ],
          "word": "开首"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kāishǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi¹ ci²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khôi-sṳ́"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kăi-sṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khai-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khui-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kai¹ si²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹khe-sy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kāishǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaishǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻai¹-shih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kāi-shř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaishyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кайши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kajši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōi chí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi¹ tsi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi¹ qi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khôi-sṳ́"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "koi^ˊ sii^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "koi¹ si³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰoi̯²⁴ sɨ³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kăi-sṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾ly³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khai-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qaisie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Hui'an"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khui-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "quisie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰui³³ si⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khai sí"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³⁻²³ si⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹khe-sy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khe^平 sy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹khe-sr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰoi̯²⁴ sɨ³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾ly³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰui³³ si⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³⁻²³ si⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yīshǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "伊始"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fāduān",
      "word": "發端"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fāduān",
      "word": "发端"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhàoduān",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "肇端"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐshǐ",
      "word": "起始"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起头"
    }
  ],
  "word": "開始"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "开始",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "開始",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Beginning Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 14 25 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 14 25 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "yīkāishǐ",
          "word": "一開始"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yīkāishǐ",
          "word": "一开始"
        },
        {
          "word": "自……開始"
        },
        {
          "word": "自……开始"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Well begun is half done.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Yī ge hǎo de kāishǐ shì chénggōng de yībàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "一個好的開始是成功的一半。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Well begun is half done.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Yī ge hǎo de kāishǐ shì chénggōng de yībàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "一个好的开始是成功的一半。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人生永遠沒有太晚的開始。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人生永远没有太晚的开始。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "start; beginning; commencement"
      ],
      "id": "en-開始-zh-noun-r3he-y~h",
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "commencement",
          "commencement"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "xùmù",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "序幕"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "萌"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kī-tàu-sĕng",
          "tags": [
            "Eastern",
            "Min"
          ],
          "word": "起頭先"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kī-tàu-sĕng",
          "tags": [
            "Eastern",
            "Min"
          ],
          "word": "起头先"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāiduān",
          "word": "開端"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāiduān",
          "word": "开端"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāitóu",
          "word": "開頭"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāitóu",
          "word": "开头"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shǒuduān",
          "word": "首端"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kāishǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi¹ ci²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khôi-sṳ́"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kăi-sṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khai-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khui-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kai¹ si²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹khe-sy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kāishǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaishǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻai¹-shih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kāi-shř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaishyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кайши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kajši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōi chí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi¹ tsi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi¹ qi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khôi-sṳ́"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "koi^ˊ sii^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "koi¹ si³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰoi̯²⁴ sɨ³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kăi-sṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾ly³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khai-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qaisie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Hui'an"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khui-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "quisie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰui³³ si⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khai sí"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³⁻²³ si⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹khe-sy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khe^平 sy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹khe-sr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰoi̯²⁴ sɨ³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾ly³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰui³³ si⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³⁻²³ si⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yīshǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "伊始"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fāduān",
      "word": "發端"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "fāduān",
      "word": "发端"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhàoduān",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "肇端"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐshǐ",
      "word": "起始"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起頭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起头"
    }
  ],
  "word": "開始"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jiéshù",
      "word": "結束"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiéshù",
      "word": "结束"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 始",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 開",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min verbs",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "开始",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "開始",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to start again",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "chóngxīn kāishǐ",
          "text": "重新開始",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to start again",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "chóngxīn kāishǐ",
          "text": "重新开始",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "starting from today",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "cóng jīntiān kāishǐ",
          "text": "從今天開始",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "starting from today",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "cóng jīntiān kāishǐ",
          "text": "从今天开始",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The countdown starts now!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Dàojìshí xiànzài kāishǐ!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "倒計時現在開始!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The countdown starts now!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Dàojìshí xiànzài kāishǐ!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "倒计时现在开始!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He hit the ground running with a goal just as the game started.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Qiúsài yī kāishǐ, tā yǐ yī qiú dǎkāi júmiàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "球賽一開始,他以一球打開局面。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He hit the ground running with a goal just as the game started.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Qiúsài yī kāishǐ, tā yǐ yī qiú dǎkāi júmiàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "球赛一开始,他以一球打开局面。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This television drama is so good! I have already begun to watch through it for the fourth time!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè bù diànshìjù tài hǎokàn le! Wǒ yǐjīng kāishǐ sì shuā le!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "這部電視劇太好看了!我已經開始四刷了!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "This television drama is so good! I have already begun to watch through it for the fourth time!",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Zhè bù diànshìjù tài hǎokàn le! Wǒ yǐjīng kāishǐ sì shuā le!",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "这部电视剧太好看了!我已经开始四刷了!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to start; to begin; to commence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "commence",
          "commence"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kāishǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi¹ ci²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khôi-sṳ́"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kăi-sṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khai-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khui-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kai¹ si²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹khe-sy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kāishǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaishǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻai¹-shih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kāi-shř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaishyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кайши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kajši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōi chí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi¹ tsi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi¹ qi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khôi-sṳ́"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "koi^ˊ sii^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "koi¹ si³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰoi̯²⁴ sɨ³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kăi-sṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾ly³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khai-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qaisie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Hui'an"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khui-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "quisie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰui³³ si⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khai sí"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³⁻²³ si⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹khe-sy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khe^平 sy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹khe-sr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰoi̯²⁴ sɨ³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾ly³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰui³³ si⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³⁻²³ si⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yīshǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "伊始"
    },
    {
      "roman": "quányú",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "權輿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "quányú",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "权舆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fāduān",
      "word": "發端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fāduān",
      "word": "发端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fārèn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "發軔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fārèn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "发轫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhàoshǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "肇始"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhàoduān",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "肇端"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "萌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐshǐ",
      "word": "起始"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Eastern",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "起手"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāishǒu",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "開首"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāishǒu",
      "tags": [
        "Beijing",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "word": "开首"
    }
  ],
  "word": "開始"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Beginning Mandarin",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 始",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 開",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min verbs",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "yīkāishǐ",
      "word": "一開始"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīkāishǐ",
      "word": "一开始"
    },
    {
      "word": "自……開始"
    },
    {
      "word": "自……开始"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "开始",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "開始",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Well begun is half done.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Yī ge hǎo de kāishǐ shì chénggōng de yībàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "一個好的開始是成功的一半。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Well begun is half done.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Yī ge hǎo de kāishǐ shì chénggōng de yībàn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "一个好的开始是成功的一半。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人生永遠沒有太晚的開始。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "人生永远没有太晚的开始。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "start; beginning; commencement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "beginning",
          "beginning"
        ],
        [
          "commencement",
          "commencement"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kāishǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi¹ ci²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khôi-sṳ́"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "kăi-sṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khai-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khui-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kai¹ si²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "¹khe-sy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kāishǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄎㄞ ㄕˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaishǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kʻai¹-shih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kāi-shř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kaishyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "кайши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kajši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōi chí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi¹ tsi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoi¹ qi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khôi-sṳ́"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "koi^ˊ sii^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "koi¹ si³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰoi̯²⁴ sɨ³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "kăi-sṳ̄"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾ly³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khai-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qaisie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Hui'an"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Jinjiang",
        "Philippines",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khui-sí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "quisie"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰui³³ si⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Philippines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khai sí"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³⁻²³ si⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹khe-sy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "khe^平 sy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "¹khe-sr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔːi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰoi̯²⁴ sɨ³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ˢ⁻⁾ly³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻²² si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³ si⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰui³³ si⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰai³³⁻²³ si⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰe⁵⁵ sz̩²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yīshǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "伊始"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xùmù",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "序幕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fāduān",
      "word": "發端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fāduān",
      "word": "发端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhàoduān",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "肇端"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "萌"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐshǐ",
      "word": "起始"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐtóu",
      "word": "起头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kī-tàu-sĕng",
      "tags": [
        "Eastern",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "起頭先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kī-tàu-sĕng",
      "tags": [
        "Eastern",
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "起头先"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāiduān",
      "word": "開端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāiduān",
      "word": "开端"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāitóu",
      "word": "開頭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāitóu",
      "word": "开头"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shǒuduān",
      "word": "首端"
    }
  ],
  "word": "開始"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.