伊始

yīshǐ
  1. outset
  2. beginning

CEDICT

  1. (literary) beginning; genesis; origin
  2. (literary) to start; to begin; to commence
  3. beginning; genesis; origin
  4. to start; to begin; to commence

Wiktionary

事情的开端。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 伊 yī
  1. (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she")
  2. second person singular pronoun ("you")
  3. (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she")
  4. (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning
  5. (preceding a noun) that
2 始 shǐ
  1. to begin
  2. to start
  3. then
  4. only then

Related entries

朔 shuò
  1. beginning
  2. first day of lunar month
  3. north
开头 kāitóu
  1. beginning
  2. to start
從第十課的開頭讀起。

Read Lesson 10 from the beginning.

Source: Tatoeba

开首 kāishǒu
  1. beginning
  2. start
  3. opening
  4. in the beginning
  5. to start
  6. to open
初 chū
  1. at first
  2. (at the) beginning
  3. first
  4. junior
  5. basic
她大病初愈。

She recovered from her long illness.

Source: Tatoeba

开始 kāishǐ
  1. to begin
  2. beginning
  3. to start
  4. initial

classifier: 個

開始搜尋。

Begin searching.

Start searching.

Source: Tatoeba

开端 kāiduān
  1. start
  2. beginning
权舆 quányú
  1. to sprout
  2. (fig). to begin
  3. beginning
发轫 fārèn
  1. to set (sth) afoot
  2. to initiate
  3. beginning
  4. origin
  5. commencement
起头 qǐtóu
  1. to start
  2. at first
  3. beginning