| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 重新開始 | 重新开始 | chóng xīn kāi shǐ | resume, restart |
| 固始 | Gù shǐ | (N) Gushi (place in Henan) | |
| 固始汗 | Gù shǐ hàn | Güshi Khan | |
| 建始 | Jiàn shǐ | (N) Jianshi (place in Hubei) | |
| 開始 | 开始 | kāi shǐ | begin; beginning; start; initial |
| 開始以前 | 开始以前 | kāi shǐ yǐ qián | before the beginning (of sth) |
| 起始 | qǐ shǐ | originate | |
| 秦始皇 | qín shǐ huáng | Qin Shi Huang (first emporer of Qin dynasty) | |
| 始 | shǐ | begin | |
| 始鱷目 | 始鳄目 | shǐ è mù | eosuchia |
| 始興 | 始兴 | Shǐ xīng | (N) Shixing (place in Guangdong) |
| 始終 | 始终 | shǐ zhōng | from beginning to end; all along |
| 始祖 | shǐ zǔ | (n) primogenitor | |
| 始祖鳥 | 始祖鸟 | shǐ zǔ niǎo | Archaeopteryx |
| 原始 | yuán shǐ | first; original; primitive; original (document, etc) | |
| 原始林 | yuán shǐ lín | (n) wildwood | |
| 自始至終 | 自始至终 | zì shǐ zhì zhōng | from start to finish |
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