1. to take off (trousers)
2. to drop one's pants

1. to take off (one's clothes)
2. (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc)
3. (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside
4. also pr. tùnqù

1. to shed
2. to take off
3. to escape
4. to get away from

1. to remove
2. to take off
3. to strip off
4. to discard
5. to shed
6. to come off
7. to fall off

1. to start
2. to put one's hand to
3. to set about
4. the seat to the right of the main guest

1. to start (a machine)
2. (fig.) to set in motion
3. to launch (an operation)
4. to activate (a plan)

1. to start
2. to launch
3. to unleash
4. to mobilize
5. to arouse

1. to start
2. at first
3. beginning

1. to start
2. to set in motion
3. to move
4. to march
5. to dig in (eating)
6. to tuck in (eating)

1. to set off
2. to start (on a journey)

1. to open
2. to start
3. to initiate
4. to enlighten or awaken
5. to state
6. to inform

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

1. (of trains etc) to set off (on a journey)
2. to start (being issued or circulated)
3. to start (happening)
4. originating

1. to ignite
2. to start (a fire)
3. (fig.) to spark (debate, conflict etc)

1. to initiate
2. to start
3. the start

1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
4. to boil
5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
6. (directional complement) away; off
7. carat (gold)
8. abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 Kāiěrwén
9. abbr. for 开本 kāiběn, book format

1. to open
2. to start (a business etc)
3. to set up

1. beginning
2. to start

1. to begin
2. to open
3. to start
4. beginning of an event

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

classifier: 個

1. to originate
2. to initiate
3. to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
4. to start
5. to propose sth (for the first time)

1. to rise
2. to flourish
3. to become popular
4. to start
5. to encourage
6. to get up
7. (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect)
8. maybe (dialect)

1. to burn
2. to ignite
3. to light
4. fig. to spark off (hopes)
5. to start (debate)
6. to raise (hopes)

1. to rise
2. to raise
3. to get up
4. to set out
5. to start
6. to appear
7. to launch
8. to initiate (action)
9. to draft
10. to establish
11. to get (from a depot or counter)
12. verb suffix, to start
13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
15. classifier for groups: batch, group

1. beginning
2. start
3. opening
4. in the beginning
5. to start
6. to open