始 shǐ
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shǐ
noun
beginning; start
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 起点 (Guoyu '始' n 1; Kroll 2015 '始' 1; Unihan '始') -
shǐ
adverb
just now; then; only then
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 方才 or 然后 (Guoyu '始' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '始' 2; Unihan '始') -
shǐ
adverb
first; for the first time
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 始 may be used as an adverb in Literary Chinese. For example, 臣始至於境 'When I first arrived at the borders of your kingdom' (Mengzi: 2.2/8/12, translation by Legge; Guoyu '始' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '始' 1a; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 121) -
shǐ
adverb
exactly; just
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '始' 3) -
shǐ
adverb
formerly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 曾 (Guoyu '始' adv 2)
Contained in
- 起始 to originate
- 原始社会(原始社會) primitive society
- 秦始皇帝陵 the mausoleum of the First Emperor
- 开始(開始) to begin; to start ; beginning; start
- 有始有终(有始有終) where there's a start, there's a finish; to finish once one starts
- 重新开始(重新開始) to resume; to restart; to start afresh
- 贯彻始终(貫徹始終) to follow through; to carry through to the end
- 人始生有大命 from the start of their lives, people have a greater destiny
- 终始若一(終始若一) unchanging from start to finish
- 始新世 Eocene
- 报本反始(報本反始) ensure that you pay debts of gratitude
- 始发(始發) (of trains etc) to set off (on a journey); to start (being issued or circulated); to start (happening); originating
- 千里之行,始于足下(千里之行,始於足下) a thousand mile journey begins with the first step
- 终始(終始) start and finish
- 从零开始(從零開始) to start from scratch
- 元始天尊 Yuanshi Tianzun; Celestial Venerable of the Primordial Beginning
- 自始至终(自始至終) from start to finish
- 始建 to start building
- 原始森林 virgin forest
- 始终不渝(始終不渝) from beginning to end with no change; unflinching
- 更始 to make a new start; to regenerate
- 太始 the absolute beginning ; Taishi ; Taishi ; Taishi ; Taishi
- 原始价值(原始價值) original value
- 有始无终(有始無終) to start but not finish
- 倡始 to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to initiate ; to initiate
- 始终不易(始終不易) from beginning to end not changing; unswerving
- 创始人(創始人) creator; founder; initiator
- 未始 not necessarily; may not turn out to be; maybe not
- 原始热带雨林(原始熱帶雨林) virgin tropical rainforest
- 原始分数(原始分數) raw score
- 开始以前(開始以前) before the beginning
- 创始者(創始者) creator; initiator
- 终始如一(終始如一) unchanging from start to finish
- 始祖鸟(始祖鳥) Archaeopteryx
- 至始至终(至始至終) from start to finish
- 始计(始計) making plans
Also contained in
始皇帝 、 弘始 、 玄始 、 固始县 、 汉更始帝 、 皇始 、 固始 、 建始 、 泰始 、 初始化 、 摩登原始人 、 秦始皇帝 、 始光 、 哩始 、 始兴县
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷八十五 志第三十五: 百官一 Volume 85 Treatises 38: Official Posts 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 63
- 卷八十二 列傳第七 十一宗諸子 Volume 82 Biographies 7: Sons of the Eleven Zongs New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 60
- 《秦始皇本紀》 Annals of Qin Shi Huang Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 59
- 卷八十三 列傳第八 諸帝公主 Volume 83 Biographies 8: The Princesses of all Emperors New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 56
- 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar Book of Han 漢書 — count: 49
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 45
- 《秦楚之際月表》 Monthly Table of (the Events) between Qin and Chu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 43
- 卷七十 志第二十一: 禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 40
- 卷二十七上 志第十七上 曆三上 Volume 27a Treatises 18: Calendar 3a New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 40
- 卷一百六十二 志第一百十五 職官二 Volume 162 Treatises 115: Offical Posts 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 39
Collocations
- 始朝 (始朝) 始朝桓王也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 8
- 始大 (始大) 秦仲始大 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧車鄰 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Che Lin — count: 4
- 始通 (始通) 始通也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
- 于是乎始 (於是乎始) 紀於是乎始判 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 4
- 始用 (始用) 始用六佾也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3
- 经始 (經始) 經始靈臺 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧靈臺 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Ling Tai — count: 2
- 始征 (始徵) 湯始征之 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 胤征 Xia Shu - Punitive Expedition of Yin — count: 2
- 始见 (始見) 諸侯始見乎武王廟也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧臣工之什‧載見 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Chen Gong - Zai Jian — count: 2
- 氏始 (氏始) 陳氏始大 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2
- 火始 (火始) 無若火始焰焰 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — count: 2