Beginning in Chinese
beginning · HSK 6
开头
- 开 to open
- 头 head
这本书的开头很吸引人。 The beginning of this book is very engaging.
Other ways to say beginning
More words with 开 or 头
How do you say beginning in Chinese?
Beginning in Chinese is 开头 (kāi tóu). You can also say 开始 (kāi shǐ), 初 (chū), 端 (duān).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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