Chinese word dictionary

倡始

chàng shǐ · to initiate

Practice word

Word information

Simplified倡始

Traditional倡始

Pinyinchàng shǐ

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

倡chàng

guide, leader; lead, introduce

始shǐ

to begin, to start; beginning

How to learn 倡始

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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开始kāishǐ

to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4]

始终shǐzhōng

from beginning to end; all along

提倡tíchàng

to promote; to advocate

原始yuánshǐ

first; original; primitive; original (document etc)

倡导chàngdǎo

to advocate; to initiate; to propose; to be a proponent of (an idea or school of thought)

倡议chàngyì

to suggest; to initiate; proposal; initiative