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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shǐ - to begin
- to start
- then
- only then

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 10,569 2,168 1,584

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Woman

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
开始 2 3 135 130 129
始终 5 3 4,166 1,809 2,313
原始 6 5 4,482 5,382 7,643
创始人 - 8 10,271 10,789 10,053
- - 10,569 2,168 1,584
自始至终 - 8 15,212 19,822 26,026
初始 - - 17,649 11,559 24,734
始作俑者 - - 20,627 37,337 36,608
初始化 - - 21,458 49,103 69,422
有始有终 - - 27,084 63,720 34,714
创始 - - 28,724 35,653 32,123
始终如一 - - 28,726 33,098 22,163
起始 - - 28,954 16,070 24,377
始末 - - 31,493 38,666 32,799
善始善终 - - 31,643 51,492 37,080
周而复始 - - 36,112 38,646 24,074
始祖 - - 36,144 30,154 35,348
始料未及 - - 38,224 43,296 51,517
伊始 - - 42,857 13,530 15,427
秦始皇 - - 48,412 17,911 19,051
始发 - - 50,984 - -
始建 - - 56,476 21,390 25,031
有始无终 - - 60,755 104,609 62,795
始终不渝 - - 67,868 42,688 78,418
原始社会 - - 72,108 44,368 41,597