| shǐ | begin |
| 始 | to begin to start then |
| 始业 | beginning of the school year |
| 始乱终弃 | love them and leave them |
| 始于足下 | begin in; begin with |
| 始作俑者 | lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom); fig. the originator of an evil practice (refers to Mencius 孟子) |
| 始兴 | Shixing county in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关, Guangdong |
| 始兴县 | Shixing county in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关, Guangdong |
| 始创 | firstly appear |
| 始发 | start |
| 始发机场 | a departure airport |
| 始发站 | origin stop; originating station; originator; starting station |
| 始基 | anlage; primordium |
| 始建 | to start building first built |
| 始料 | starting charge |
| 始新世 | Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago) |
| 始新纪 | Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago) |
| 始新统 | Eocene system (geology) |
| 始末 | whole story the ins and outs |
| 始点 | starting point initial point |
| 始石器时代 | Eolithic Period |