开始 — how to use it in Chinese

to start, to begin; beginning

Frequent patterns

Explanation

No se usa directamente con sustantivos como objeto (*开始饭 es incorrecto).

Verbo o sustantivo. Se usa frecuentemente en estructura “开始 + verbo” (开始学习).

Example sentences

电影 diànyǐng 几点 jǐ diǎn 开始 kāishǐ

What time does the movie start?

我们 wǒ men 开始 kāi shǐ

Let's begin.

我们 wǒmen 开始 kāishǐ 上课 shàng kè 吧 ba

Let's start class

开始 kāi shǐ 学习 xué xí 中文 Zhōngwén

Start studying Chinese.

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