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shǐ

Main
English Definition	to begin; to start; then; only then
Simplified Script	始
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	shǐ
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄕˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	ci²

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Words With Same Head Word
始终	shǐzhōng	from beginning to end; all along
始建	shǐjiàn	to start building
始祖	shǐzǔ	primogenitor; founder of a school or trade
始终如一	shǐzhōng rú yī	unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
始作俑者	shǐ zuò yǒngzhě	lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom); fig. the originator of an evil practice

Words With Same Tail Word
开始	kāishǐ	to begin; beginning; to start; initial
原始	yuánshǐ	first; original; primitive; original (document etc)
初始	chūshǐ	initial; starting (point)
伊始	yīshǐ	outset; beginning
起始	qǐshǐ	to originate

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