开始

開始

kāishǐ

verb HSK 2 #135

Meanings

HSK 1

上课开始了。

Shàngkè kāishǐ le.

Class has started.

HSK 3

从现在开始努力。

Cóng xiànzài kāishǐ nǔlì.

Start working hard from now on.

HSK 3

一开始我不习惯。

Yī kāishǐ wǒ bù xíguàn.

At first I wasn't used to it.

grammar

Common patterns: 开始 + verb (开始学习), 从...开始 (from... onward), 一开始 (at the very beginning).

mistakes

开始 can be both verb and noun. As noun: 一个好的开始 (a good start). Use 了 for completed starts: 电影开始了.

开 kāi

始 shǐ