| 始 | 1409C10 93A.40-4 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄕˇ [shi3] | ||
| N. | (1) A beginning: 事有始終 there is a sequence of beginning and end; 始終，始末 [shi3zhong1], [shi3mo4]↓; 有始有終，全始全終 steadfast (finish what was started); 原始 the beginning, early days; 原始時代 primitive, primeval times; 原始動物 prehistoric animals; 開始 to start (work, fashion, etc.). (2) A surname. | |||||
| V.i. | 始自 date from (era, person). | |||||
| Adv. | (1) First: 始而哭，繼而喊 first began to weep, then to scream. (2) Just, only then (＝modn. 才): 始可出去 only then one may leave (room, school); 始能恢復原狀 (only after…) then it can be restored to original shape; 方始 only then; 未始 (＝未嘗) never; 未始有錯 there was never a mistake; used in double negative: 未始不是好事 one cannot say it was not a good thing. | |||||
| Words | 1. 始期 [shi3qi2], n., (1) beginning period; (2) (law) effective date. 2. 始春 [shi3chun1], n., beginning of spring in lunar calendar (＝立春) about Feb. 5-18. 3. 始膏 [shi3gao1], n., (Chin. med.) second month of embryo, see [shi3pei1], [shi3tai1]↓. 4. 紿基 [shi3ji1], n., foundation, beginning. 5. 始終 [shi3zhong1], (1) n., beginning to end, beginning and end; (2) adv., from the beginning to end: 始終不承認 never admitted; adv., 始終沒來 never came. 6. 始末 [shi3mo4], n., beginning and end (of story). 7. 始胚 [shi3pei1], n., (Chin. med.) first month of embryo, see [shi3gao1]↑, [shi3tai1]↓. 8. 始生代 [shi3sheng1dai4], n., (geol.) Eozoic era; 始生界 Eozoic group. 9. 始新世 [shi3xin1shi4], n., (geol.) Eocene period, 始新統 Eocene series. 10. 始胎 [shi3tai1], n., (Chin.med.) third month of embryo, see [shi3pei1]↑. 11. 始祖 [shi3zu3], n., first ancestor. 12. 始業式 [shi3ye4shi4], n., ceremony for opening of school year. 13. 始願 [shi3yUan4], n., original wish. | |||||