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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

始 [shǐ]
  1. 1. verb start

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

始 [shǐ]
  1. 1. verb begin; start
    不知始于何时
    not know exactly when this came into being
    这条小河的源头不知始于何处。
  2. 2. adverb [literary expression] only then; not... until
    坚持学习，始能不断进步。
    Steady progress can only be the result of persistent study. or Only persistent study yields steady progress.
    三个月后他的病情始见好转。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

始 [shǐ]
  1. 1. 名 事物发生的最初阶段
    有始有终
    始终如一
    始末。
  2. 2. 动 开头;开始
    这种现象始于年初
    周而复始。
  3. 3. 副 才
    会议至下午7时始散。
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Examples

始而不解，继而恍然。
At first I didn't catch on; then I suddenly saw the light. → 始而
the Eocene Epoch
始新世 → epoch

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女
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[tái]

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