始 shǐ

1. 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')
2. 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')
3. 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)
4. shǐ adverb exactly; just
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '始' 3)
5. shǐ adverb formerly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 曾 (Guoyu '始' adv 2)

Contained in

• 原始社会(原始社會) primitive society
• 始末 beginning to end; whole story; the ins and outs
• 周而复始(周而復始) finish and then start again; unceasing ; to circle unceasingly ; the cycle comes back to the start; to move in circles; the wheel comes full circle
• 终而复始(終而復始) to repeat unceasingly
• 始终不易(始終不易) from beginning to end not changing; unswerving
• 始建 to start building
• 始终(始終) from beginning to end ; all along ; the whole course of events ; in the end; after all
• 原始林 old growth forest; primary forest; original forest cover
• 始新纪(始新紀) Eocene
• 始发(始發) (of trains etc) to set off (on a journey); to start (being issued or circulated); to start (happening); originating
• 创始(創始) to initiate; to found
• 创始者(創始者) creator; initiator
• 终始如一(終始如一) unchanging from start to finish
• 创始人(創始人) creator; founder; initiator
• 倡始 to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to initiate ; to initiate
• 有始无终(有始無終) to start but not finish
• 初始 initial; first
• 开始比赛(開始比賽) to start a match; to kick off
• 肇始 to initiate; to start
• 一元复始(一元復始) a new year begins (idiom)
• 元始 the absolute beginning ; Yuanshi
• 成始成终(成始成終) done well from start to finish
• 有始有终(有始有終) where there's a start, there's a finish; to finish once one starts
• 始新统(始新統) Eocene system
• 原始資料 original data; original material
• 开始以前(開始以前) before the beginning
• 原始热带雨林(原始熱帶雨林) virgin tropical rainforest
• 自始 from the outset; ab initio
• 原始 first; original; primitive
• 重新开始(重新開始) to resume; to restart; to start afresh
• 原始价值(原始價值) original value
• 终始不渝(終始不渝) from the beginning to not change; unswerving
• 始计(始計) making plans
• 始祖鸟(始祖鳥) Archaeopteryx
• 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

Also contained in

皇始 、 原始印欧宗教 、 建始县 、 呾叉始罗国 、 始兴县 、 汉更始帝 、 固始县 、 摩登原始人 、 始兴 、 固始 、 玄始 、 秦始皇陵 、 始光 、 秦始皇 、 秦始皇帝

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: 6
• 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
• 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: 3
• 四始 (四始) 是謂四始 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — 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
• 子始 (子始) 陳桓子始大於齊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 2
• 汤始 (湯始) 湯始居亳 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 胤征 Xia Shu - Punitive Expedition of Yin — count: 2