伊始
yī shǐ
Pinyin

Definition

伊始
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yī shǐ
  1. outset
  2. beginning

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

开始
kāi shǐ
  1. 1 to begin
  2. 2 beginning
  3. 3 to start
  4. 4 initial
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
伊
Yī
  1. 1 surname Yi
  2. 2 abbr. for 伊拉克[Yī lā kè], Iraq
  3. 3 abbr. for 伊朗[Yī lǎng], Iran
伊人
yī rén
  1. 1 (literary) that person (usually female)
  2. 2 she
  3. 3 one's intended
伊始
yī shǐ
  1. 1 outset
  2. 2 beginning
伊拉克
Yī lā kè
  1. 1 Iraq
伊朗
Yī lǎng
  1. 1 Iran
创始人
chuàng shǐ rén
  1. 1 creator
  2. 2 founder
  3. 3 initiator
卡哇伊
kǎ wā yī
  1. 1 cute
  2. 2 adorable
  3. 3 charming (loanword from Japanese)
原始
yuán shǐ
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 original
  3. 3 primitive
  4. 4 original (document etc)
始
shǐ
  1. 1 to begin
  2. 2 to start
  3. 3 then
  4. 4 only then
始终
shǐ zhōng
  1. 1 from beginning to end
  2. 2 all along
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
伊凡
Yī fán
  1. 1 Ivan (Russian name)
伊利湖
Yī lì Hú
  1. 1 Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wǔ dà hú]
伊利诺伊
Yī lì nuò yī
  1. 1 Illinois, US state
伊利诺伊州
Yī lì nuò yī zhōu
  1. 1 Illinois, US state
伊势丹
Yī shì dān
  1. 1 Isetan, Japanese department store
伊吾
Yī wú
  1. 1 Yiwu county in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Hā mì dì qū], Xinjiang
伊吾县
Yī wú xiàn
  1. 1 Yiwu county in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Hā mì dì qū], Xinjiang
伊妹儿
yī mèi r5
  1. 1 email (loanword)
  2. 2 see 電子郵件|电子邮件[diàn zǐ yóu jiàn]

Idioms (12)

一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
善始善终
shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
  1. 1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
  2. 2 to carry things through
  3. 3 I started, so I'll finish.
报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ
  1. 1 ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
  1. 1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
始料未及
shǐ liào wèi jí
  1. 1 not expected at the outset (idiom)
  2. 2 unforeseen
  3. 3 to be surprised by the turn of events
始终如一
shǐ zhōng rú yī
  1. 1 unswerving from start to finish (idiom)
有始有终
yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng
  1. 1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
  2. 2 to carry things through
  3. 3 I started, so I'll finish.
有始无终
yǒu shǐ wú zhōng
  1. 1 to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through
  2. 2 lack of sticking power
  3. 3 short attention span
终而复始
zhōng ér fù shǐ
  1. 1 lit. the end comes back to the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle
自始至终
zì shǐ zhì zhōng
  1. 1 from start to finish (idiom)
自贻伊戚
zì yí yī qī
  1. 1 to create trouble for oneself (idiom)
周而复始
zhōu ér fù shǐ
  1. 1 lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles
  2. 2 the wheel comes full circle

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