開始

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Chinese

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open; operate (vehicle); start begin
trad. (開始)
simp. (开始)

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Verb

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開始

  1. to start; to begin; to commence
    重新開始重新开始  ―  chóngxīn kāishǐ  ―  to start again
    今天開始今天开始  ―  cóng jīntiān kāishǐ  ―  starting from today
    倒計時現在開始 [MSC, trad.]
    倒计时现在开始 [MSC, simp.]
    Dàojìshí xiànzài kāishǐ! [Pinyin]
    The countdown starts now!
    球賽開始打開局面 [MSC, trad.]
    球赛开始打开局面 [MSC, simp.]
    Qiúsài yī kāishǐ, tā yǐ yī qiú dǎkāi júmiàn. [Pinyin]
    He hit the ground running with a goal just as the game started.
    電視劇好看已經開始 [MSC, trad.]
    电视剧好看已经开始 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè bù diànshìjù tài hǎokàn le! Wǒ yǐjīng kāishǐ sì shuā le! [Pinyin]
    This television drama is so good! I have already begun to watch through it for the fourth time!

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Noun

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開始

  1. start; beginning; commencement
    開始成功一半 [MSC, trad.]
    开始成功一半 [MSC, simp.]
    Yī ge hǎo de kāishǐ shì chénggōng de yībàn. [Pinyin]
    Well begun is half done.
    人生永遠沒有開始 [MSC, trad.]
    人生永远没有开始 [MSC, simp.]
    Rénshēng yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu tài wǎn de kāishǐ. [Pinyin]
    No beginning has ever been proved to be too late.

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かい
Grade: 3

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かい)() (kaishi

  1. start; beginning; initiation
    Synonyms: 到来 (tōrai), 着手 (chakushu)
    Antonyms: 終了 (shūryō), 終結 (shūketsu), 完了 (kanryō)
    Hyponyms: 起工 (kikō, starting construction), 着工 (chakkō, starting construction)

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Verb

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(かい)()する (kaishi surutransitive or intransitive suru (stem (かい)() (kaishi shi), past (かい)()した (kaishi shita))

  1. to start; to begin; to initiate

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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開始 (gaesi) (hangeul 개시)

  1. hanja form? of 개시 (start, beginning)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Verb

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開始

  1. chữ Hán form of khai thuỷ (to start, to begin).