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title: "从…开始/起 in Chinese Grammar: Starting from …, With Examples"
description: "从…开始/起: starting from …. 从 X 开始/起: from X onwards. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# 从…开始/起

Starting from …

从 X 开始/起: from X onwards.

## In stories

**从这天起**，孙悟空每天都练。

[拜师学艺 · A Teacher Across the Sea](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/a-teacher-across-the-sea-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-2#library-word-994-998) HSK 3

可是**从十一月十五号开始**，家家都有暖气，外边很冷，房间里很暖和。

[什么时候去北京最好？ · The four seasons in Chinese: when is the best time to visit Beijing?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/four-seasons-in-chinese-beijing-weather#library-word-260-269) HSK 3

**从那天起**，他常常一个人爬到树上，把最大的桃子都吃了。

[大闹天宫 · Havoc in Heaven](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/havoc-in-heaven-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-7#library-word-60-64) HSK 3

**从那个月开始**，上海人扔东西以前，都要先把它们分开。

[你是什么垃圾？ · How does garbage sorting work in China?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-does-garbage-sorting-work-in-china#library-word-38-44) HSK 3

[Read 拜师学艺](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/a-teacher-across-the-sea-journey-to-the-west-easy-chinese-2#library-word-994-998)

## More patterns

- [从…到… from … to …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/cong-dao)
- [听起来 sounds (like); it sounds …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/tingqilai)
- [看起来 looks (like); it seems](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/kanqilai)
- [verb + 起 + object + 来 (start doing) start doing something (and keep at it)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-qi-o-lai)
- [把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba)
- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)

## What does 从…开始/起 mean in Chinese?

Starting from …. 从 X 开始/起: from X onwards.

## How common is 从…开始/起?

It comes up in 34 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

No. It shows which patterns a text uses and what each one does; it doesn’t mark errors. Paste a sentence you wrote to see whether it uses the pattern you meant.

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.