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Sense: to start; to begin; to commence
[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)
