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shǐ

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shǐ
  1. 1.to begin
  2. 2.to start
  3. 3.then
  4. 4.only then

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.beginning; start
  2. 2.to begin; to start
  3. 3.initial; first
  4. 4.proto-; eo-
  5. 5.then; only then; only after
  6. 6.(literary)(as nominalized verb) root; source; originator

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *hljɯʔ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 台 (OC *l̥ʰɯː, *l'ɯː, *l'ɯː, *lɯ).

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