始 shǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
始终
shǐzhōng
all along
Characters in this word
终 zhōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 冬 winter, 11th lunar month
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他始终很安静。 Tā shǐzhōng hěn ānjìng. He is quiet all along.
- 我始终相信你。 Wǒ shǐzhōng xiāngxìn nǐ. I always believe you.
- 她始终在这里。 Tā shǐzhōng zài zhèlǐ. She is here all along.
Related words
- 开始 kāishǐ to start; beginning
- 原始 yuánshǐ original; primitive
- 终于 zhōngyú finally
- 终点 zhōngdiǎn finish line; end point
- 终身 zhōngshēn lifelong
- 终止 zhōngzhǐ to stop; to end
- 白 bái in vain; for free
- 深入 shēnrù in depth
- 整整 zhěngzhěng a full amount of
- 各自 gèzì each on their own
- 各 gè each; every
- 仅仅 jǐnjǐn only; merely