我開始

woˇ kaiˉ shiˇ

(I am, I start, I started)

I start, I am starting, I started

開始 kaiˉ shiˇ

(Began, Begin, Beginning, Begins, Start, Started, Starting, Starts, To begin, To start)

To start, Start, Starts, Starting, Started, To begin, Begin, Begins, Beginning, Began

思索 siˉ suoˇ

(Consider, Considered, Considering, Considers, Ponder, Pondered, Pondering, Ponders, Think, Thinking, Thinks, Thought, To consider, To ponder, To search, To think, To wonder, Wonder, Wondered, Wondering, Wonders)

To think, To ponder, To wonder, To consider, To search one's mind for, Think, Thinks, Thinking, Thought, Ponder, Ponders, Pondering, Pondered, Wonder, Wonders, Wondering, Wondered, Consider, Considers, Considering, Considered

這件 zheˋ jianˋ

(This item, This piece)

This piece (of), This item (of)

這件事

zheˋ jianˋ shiˋ

(This affair, This matter, This subject)

This matter, This subject, This affair

件事 jianˋ shiˋ

(Business, Matter(s))

Business, Matter(s)

我

I, Me, My, Our, Ourselves, Use, We

I, Me, My, We, Use, Our, Ourselves

開

Begin, Drive, Hold an, Open, Operate, Run, Start, Write

Open, Start, Drive, Begin, Hold an event, Operate, Run, Write

始

Begin, Start

Start, Begin

思

Consider, Think

Think, Consider

索

Ask, Ask for, Cable, Decide, Demand, Exhaust, Expose, Final, Inquire, Laws, Need, Regulations, Rope, Rules, Search, Search For, Squeeze, Suspend, Tighten, Twist, Unearth

Rope, Cable, Suspend, Tighten, Squeeze, Twist, Search, Inquire, Expose, Unearth, Search for, Demand, Ask, Ask for, Need, Exhaust, Rules, Laws, Regulations, (Suo2), Decide, Final Decission

這

Here, These, This, This One, Those

This, These, Those, Here, This One

件

Article, Clothing, Component, Item, Matter, Piece

Article, Clothing, Item or items of clothing, Component, Piece, Matter

事

Accident, Affair, Busy, Incident, Job, Matter, Task, Thing

Matter, Thing, Job, Affair, Task, Busy with, Incident, Accident