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始
建
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Jyutping
ci2 gin3
Pinyin
shǐ jiàn
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
to start building
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb
to begin construction; to start building; to be first built
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
哈佛始建于1636年。
哈佛始建於1636年。
hā fó shǐ jiàn yú 1636 nián 。
Harvard was founded in 1636.