始始

shǐ

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Basic Meaning

Often used in contrast with words like 末 or 终 to emphasize the start of a sequence or period.

beginning; start; origin

开始，起头，最初，跟“末”“终”相对。

Words:

始末始祖始终不渝周而复始

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从(cóng)始(shǐ)至(zhì)终(zhōng)，他(tā)都(dōu)坚(jiān)持(chí)自(zì)己(jǐ)的(de)观(guān)点(diǎn)
From beginning to end, he stuck to his own viewpoint.

adv

Literary or formal usage; indicates that an action or state occurs only after a certain condition or time.

only then; not until

〈书〉才。

Words:

始见成效

Sentences:

经(jīng)过(guò)多(duō)次(cì)尝(cháng)试(shì)，我(wǒ)们(men)始(shǐ)见(jiàn)成(chéng)效(xiào)
Only after many attempts did we see results.

adj

Describes something that is the first or original in a series or development.

earliest; initial

最早的。

Words:

始祖始创从始至终

Sentences:

他(tā)是(shì)这(zhè)个(gè)公(gōng)司(sī)的(de)始(shǐ)创(chuàng)人(rén)
He is the earliest founder of this company.
这(zhè)是(shì)始(shǐ)祖(zǔ)的(de)画(huà)像(xiàng)
This is a portrait of the earliest ancestor.

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begin; start