开始

Definitions

verb

begin, start

nǐ你cóng从jǐ几suì岁kāi shǐ开始xué xí学习tiào wǔ跳舞?

At what age did you start to learn dancing?

wǒ men我们kāi shǐ开始ba吧。

Let's start.

qù nián去年wǒ我kāi shǐ开始xué xí学习zhōng wén中文。

Last year I started to learn Chinese.

diàn yǐng电影yào要kāi shǐ开始le了,bié别shuō huà说话le了。

The movie is going to start, stop talking.

shí jiān时间cháng长le了,màn慢màn慢de地wǒ我kāi shǐ开始xǐ huan喜欢zhè这zuò座chéng shì城市le了。

As time passes, I slowly start to like this city.

kuài快kǎo shì考试le了,xiàn zài现在kāi shǐ开始wǒ我yào要nǔ lì努力xué xí学习。

The exam is coming soon, now I have to study hard.

Hanzi	HSK	Pinyin	English Definition
开	1	kāi	open
离开	3	lí kāi	leave
开心	4	kāi xīn	happy
开玩笑	4	kāi wán xiào	joke; crack a joke
公开	5	gōng kāi	open; make public
开幕式	5	kāi mù shì	opening ceremony
开水	5	kāi shuǐ	boiled water, boiling water
开放	5	kāi fàng	optimistic; bloom, open
开发	5	kāi fā	develop, exploit, open up
始终	5	shǐ zhōng	always, from beginning to end
展开	5	zhǎn kāi	spread out, launch
召开	5	zhào kāi	summon, convene
敞开	6	chǎng kāi	open wide
开采	6	kāi cǎi	extract, exploit
开除	6	kāi chú	expel
开阔	6	kāi kuò	wide, open; widen, broadened
开朗	6	kāi lǎng	open and clear, optimistic
开明	6	kāi míng	enlightened, open-minded
开辟	6	kāi pì	open up, start
开拓	6	kāi tuò	open up
开展	6	kāi zhǎn	develop, launch
开支	6	kāi zhī	expenses, spending; pay expense
盛开	6	shèng kāi	be in full bloom
原始	6	yuán shǐ	original, primaeval
开车		kāi chē	drive a vehicle