创始

創始

chuàngshǐ

verb #28,724

Meanings

1 to initiate
2 to found
3 to establish (an organization or tradition)

Characters

to create; to initiate

to begin; start

Examples

HSK 5

他创始了这家公司，并将其发展成行业领导者。

Tā chuàngshǐ le zhè jiā gōngsī, bìng jiāng qí fāzhǎn chéng hángyè lǐngdǎozhě.

He founded this company and grew it into an industry leader.

HSK 6

这所学校创始于1902年。

Zhè suǒ xuéxiào chuàngshǐ yú yī jiǔ líng èr nián.

This school was founded in 1902.

Tips

grammar

创始 is often used as an attributive modifier in compounds: 创始人 (founder), 创始者 (initiator), 创始成员 (founding member).

Stroke Order

创 chuàng

始 shǐ