始 shǐ

1. shǐ noun beginning; start
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 起点 (Guoyu '始' n 1; Kroll 2015 '始' 1; Unihan '始')
2. shǐ adverb just now; then; only then
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 方才 or 然后 (Guoyu '始' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '始' 2; Unihan '始')
3. shǐ adverb first; for the first time
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 始 may be used as an adverb in Literary Chinese. For example, 臣始至於境 'When I first arrived at the borders of your kingdom' (Mengzi: 2.2/8/12, translation by Legge; Guoyu '始' adv 3; Kroll 2015 '始' 1a; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 121)
4. shǐ adverb exactly; just
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '始' 3)
5. shǐ adverb formerly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 曾 (Guoyu '始' adv 2)
6. shǐ noun beginning; ādi
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: ādi, Japanese: shi (BCSD '始', p. 360; MW 'ādi'; SH '始', p. 254; Unihan '始')

Contained in

• 原始垂则(原始垂則) all the forms have been handed down from the first until now
• 心安茅屋稳 性定菜根香 世事静方见 人情淡始长(心安茅屋穩 性定菜根香 世事靜方見 人情淡始長) A peaceful mind stays in an unshakable hut. A steady nature tastes delicacy in vegetable roots. A calm observer detects the unseen in this world. A bland relationship is the one to last long.
• 原始佛教时期(原始佛教時期) period of early Buddhism
• 昙始(曇始) Tan Shi
• 跋始婆僧伽蓝(跋始婆僧伽藍) Vāśibhā Monastery
• 1. 合抱之木 生于幼苗 2. 穿石之水 始于涓滴 3. 成功之基 奠于勤劳 4. 悟道之缘 在于用心(1. 合抱之木 生於幼苗 2. 穿石之水 始於涓滴 3. 成功之基 奠於勤勞 4. 悟道之緣 在於用心) A giant tree comes from tiny sprouts. Water that wears through rock comes from a stream of droplets. Success comes from a foundation built by diligence. Conditions for awakening come from commitment.
• 原始与近代(原始與近代) primitive and contemporary
• 始教 initial teachings
• 无始无明(無始無明) innate nonenlightenment; basic ignorance
• 跋始婆(跋始婆) Vāśibhā
• 生死无始故(生死無始故) because saṃsāra has no beginning
• 大乘始教 Mahāyāna initial teachings
• 始士 an initiator
• 原始七佛 Seven Buddhas; Seven Past Buddhas; Seven Manushi Buddhas; saptatathāgata
• 水因有月方知净 天为无云始见高(水因有月方知淨 天為無雲始見高) That purity unseen until the moon is reflected in the water; The height of the sky unseen until not a cloud is in sight.
• 君子慎始 The Accomplished Man Is Cautious from the Beginning
• 始觉(始覺) shijue; acquired enlightenment; actualization of enlightenment

Also contained in

始终不渝 、 始新纪 、 伊始 、 始兴县 、 原始社会 、 善始善终 、 始新世 、 弘始 、 重新开始 、 报本反始 、 原始码 、 贯彻始终 、 起始 、 原始印欧宗教 、 终始不渝 、 开始 、 旬始 、 建始 、 阴阳终始 、 终始如一 、 秦始皇陵 、 始建 、 彻始彻终 、 全始全终 、 终而复始 、 原始林 、 始计 、 有始有终 、 元始天尊 、 原始分数 、 人始生有大命 、 未始 、 泰始 、 更始

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 108
• Scroll 3 Treatise on the Mystery of the Mahayana 大乘玄論 — count: 95
• Scroll 6 Commentary on the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 中觀論疏 — count: 62
• Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 49
• Scroll 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 46
• Scroll 1 Zhi Guan Fu Xing Chuan Hong Jue 止觀輔行傳弘決 — count: 45
• Scroll 1 Da Ban Niepan Jing You Yi 涅槃經遊意 — count: 45
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 44
• Scroll 1 Shi Shi Yao Lan 釋氏要覽 — count: 43
• Scroll 10 Fa Hua Yi Shu 法華義疏 — count: 42

Collocations

• 今日始 (今日始) 從今日始 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 57
• 今始 (今始) 今始獲此難得之法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 9
• 时始 (時始) 當此世界劫初轉時始成就時 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 9 — count: 7
• 始愿佛 (始願佛) 我聞世尊迦葉佛時始願佛道 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 8 — count: 6
• 众生始 (眾生始) 戱笑懈怠是眾生始 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 6
• 始欲 (始欲) 火災始欲起時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 5
• 世间始 (世間始) 於是世間始有剎利名生 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 5
• 始生 (始生) 金翅大鳥入宮搏撮或始生方便 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 5
• 始入 (始入) 始入母胎時 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
• 始经 (始經) 始經七日 — Beginning of the World (Qi Shi Jing) 起世經, Scroll 2 — count: 4