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Jyutping ci2 gin3
Pinyin shǐ jiàn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to start building
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to begin construction; to start building; to be first built
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. 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.