"To begin" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 掀起 | xiān qǐ | to lift / to raise in height / to begin / upsurge / to set off (a campaign) | |
| 入手 | rù shǒu | to begin / to set one's hand to | |
| 开场 | kāi chǎng | to begin / to open / to start / beginning of an event | |
| 兴办 | xīng bàn | to begin / to set in motion | |
| 开演 | kāi yǎn | (of a play, movie etc) to begin | |
| 始 |  shǐ | to begin / to start / then / only then | |
| 创 | chuàng | to begin / to initiate / to inaugurate / to start / to create | |
| 谡 | sù | composed / rise / to begin | |
| 俶 | chù | to begin | |
| 昉 | fǎng | dawn / to begin | |
