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Chinese[edit]
Sense: to start; to begin; to commence[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- 伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
- 權輿／权舆 (quányú) (literary)
- 發端／发端 (fāduān)
- 發軔／发轫 (fārèn) (literary)
- 肇始 (zhàoshǐ) (literary)
- 肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
- 萌 (literary, or in compounds)
- 起始 (qǐshǐ)
- 起手 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
- 起頭／起头 (qǐtóu)
- 開始／开始 (kāishǐ)
- 開首／开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing Mandarin)
