我開始寫一本書。

I started writing a book.

I started to write a book.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 開始 kāishǐ
  1. to begin
  2. beginning
  3. to start
  4. initial

classifier: 個
=3 寫 xiě to write
=3 寫 xiè used in 写意 xièyì
4 一本 yīběn
  1. (Mainland China, education) the first tier of universities
  2. (judo) ippon
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 一, 本 (běn).
  4. another version (terminology in collation)
  5. entirely based on
  6. having the same origin
  7. ippon
  8. the first tier of universities
=5 書 Shū abbr. for 书经 Shūjīng
=5 書 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

classifiers: 本, 冊, 部