| 1 | 开始 | 開始 | kāi shǐ | kai1 shi3 | to begin; beginning; to start; initial; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 2 | 原始 | 原始 | yuán shǐ | yuan2 shi3 | first; original; primitive; original (document etc) | | |
| 3 | 始终 | 始終 | shǐ zhōng | shi3 zhong1 | from beginning to end; all along | | |
| 4 | 秦始皇 | 秦始皇 | qín shǐ huáng | Qin2 Shi3 huang2 | Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor | | |
| 5 | 始 | 始 | shǐ | shi3 | to begin; to start; then; only then | | |
| 6 | 原始社会 | 原始社會 | yuán shǐ shè huì | yuan2 shi3 she4 hui4 | primitive society | | |
| 7 | 创始人 | 創始人 | chuàng shǐ rén | chuang4 shi3 ren2 | creator; founder; initiator | | |
| 8 | 初始 | 初始 | chū shǐ | chu1 shi3 | initial; starting (point) | | |
| 9 | 始业式 | 始業式 | shǐ yè shì | shi3 ye4 shi4 | school opening ceremony (to mark the start of a semester) (Tw) | | |
| 10 | 更始 | 更始 | gēng shǐ | geng1 shi3 | to make a new start; to regenerate | | |
| 11 | 蜡炬成灰泪始干 | 蠟炬成灰淚始幹 | là jù chéng huī lèi shǐ gān | la4 ju4 cheng2 hui1 lei4 shi3 gan1 | The candle burns to ash before its tears dry | | |
| 12 | 开始营业 | 開始營業 | kāi shǐ yíng yè | kai1 shi3 ying2 ye4 | to start trading; to open for business | | |
| 13 | 开始以前 | 開始以前 | kāi shǐ yǐ qián | kai1 shi3 yi3 qian2 | before the beginning (of sth) | | |
| 14 | 敬陈始末 | 敬陳始末 | jìng chén shǐ mò | jing4 chen2 shi3 mo4 | to make a detailed explanation respectfully (idiom) | | |
| 15 | 建始县 | 建始縣 | jiàn shǐ xiàn | Jian4 shi3 xian4 | Jianshi county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 , Hubei | | |
| 16 | 建始 | 建始 | jiàn shǐ | Jian4 shi3 | Jianshi county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州 , Hubei | | |
| 17 | 自始至终 | 自始至終 | zì shǐ zhì zhōng | zi4 shi3 zhi4 zhong1 | from start to finish (idiom) | | |
| 18 | 固始 | 固始 | gù shǐ | Gu4 shi3 | Gushi county in Xinyang 信阳 , Henan | | |
| 19 | 刚开始 | 剛開始 | gāng kāi shǐ | gang1 kai1 shi3 | At first | | |
| 20 | 从始至终 | 從始至終 | cóng shǐ zhì zhōng | cong2 shi3 zhi4 zhong1 | From beginning to end | | |
| 21 | 从零开始 | 從零開始 | cóng líng kāi shǐ | cong2 ling2 kai1 shi3 | to start from scratch | | |
| 22 | 创始 | 創始 | chuàng shǐ | chuang4 shi3 | to initiate; to found | | |
| 23 | 初始条件 | 初始條件 | chū shǐ tiáo jiàn | chu1 shi3 tiao2 jian4 | Initial conditions | | |
| 24 | 初始化 | 初始化 | chū shǐ huà | chu1 shi3 hua4 | (computing) to initialize; initialization | | |
| 25 | 重新开始 | 重新開始 | chóng xīn kāi shǐ | chong2 xin1 kai1 shi3 | to resume; to restart; to start afresh | | |