"To begin" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / beginning / to start / initial / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 入手 | rù shǒu | to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 從|从[cong2] + {noun} + 入手[ru4 shou3]: "to begin with {noun} / to take {noun} as one's starting point") / to receive / to obtain / to buy | |
| 开学 | kāi xué | (of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term | |
| 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 | |
| 谡 | sù | composed / rise / to begin | |
| 俶 | chù | to begin | |
| 昉 | fǎng | dawn / to begin | |
