始興

ci2 hing1

Shixing (place in Guangdong)

有始無終

jau5 ci2 mou4 zung1

start sth. but fail to finish; have a beginning but no end

一元復始

jat1 jyun4 fuk1 ci2

a new year, a new beginning

重新初始化

cung4 san1 co1 ci2 faa3

reinitialize

始終

ci2 zung1

throughout; all along; always; from start to finish; from beginning to end

由始至終

jau4 ci2 zi3 zung1

From beginning to the end; all along

開始以前

hoi1 ci2 ji5 cin4

before the beginning (of sth)

從頭開始

cung4 tau4 hoi1 ci2

to start from the beginning; to start over

始作俑者

ci2 zok3 jung2 ze2

the initiator of a bad precedent; the originator of a vile practise

初始化

co1 ci2 faa3

initialization; to initialize

固始

gu3 ci2

Gushi (place in Henan)

建始

gin3 ci2

Jianshi (place in Hubei)

始料未及

ci2 liu6 mei6 kap6

beyond one's expectation

始末

ci2 mut6

whole story; the ins and outs

一元復始

jat1 jyun4 fuk6 ci2

New year, new start

原始

jyun4 ci2

[1] first; original [2] primitive

秦始皇帝

ceon4 ci2 wong4 dai3

Qin Shihuang, the First Emperor 259-210 BC

自始至終

zi6 ci2 zi3 zung1

from start to finish; from beginning to end

始祖鳥

ci2 zou2 niu5

[n] archaeopteryx

原始森林

jyun4 ci2 sam1 lam4

virgin forest