| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin; beginning; to start; initial; Classifiers: 个 | |
| 始终 | shǐ zhōng | from beginning to end; all along | |
| 原始 | yuán shǐ | first; original; primitive; original (document etc) | |
| 伊始 | yī shǐ | outset; beginning | |
| 创始人 | chuàng shǐ rén | creator; founder; initiator |
| 1 | The performance is about to begin. | |
| 2 | I have just begun learning Chinese | |
| 3 | The weather in April starts to get warmer. | |
| 4 | The concert starts at 7 pm tonight. | |
| 5 | The weather begins to cool in September. |
