开始
kāi​shǐ HSK3

begin

开始 (開始) kāi​shǐ
begin verb
to start or commence an action, event, or process

会议将在十分钟后开始。

huì​yì jiāng zài shí fēn​zhōng hòu kāi​shǐ.

The meeting will begin in ten minutes.

beginning verb
the initial stage or the start of something

良好的开始是成功的一半。

liáng​hǎo de kāi​shǐ shì chéng​gōng de yī​bàn.

A good start is half the battle.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
957.7 per million appears in 95% of films
Written text
703.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 3

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Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)