Definition

1. Verb:
   • To begin / to start: To initiate an action, process, or project; to take the first steps in doing something.
   • To commence / to set in motion: To formally or officially start an activity, often one that is planned or significant.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Công ty sẽ khởi sự dự án mới vào tháng tới. (The company will begin the new project next month.)
  • Chúng tôi đã khởi sự công việc từ sáng sớm. (We started the work early in the morning.)
  • Lễ khai mạc đánh dấu khởi sự một tuần lễ văn hóa. (The opening ceremony marked the commencement of a cultural week.)

Advanced Usage

• "khởi sự kinh doanh": to start a business, to embark on a business venture.

  • Cô ấy đang có kế hoạch khởi sự kinh doanh riêng. (She is planning to start her own business.)

• Used in formal or written contexts to denote the official start of legal, administrative, or construction work.

  • Việc xây dựng cầu đã được khởi sự sau lễ động thổ. (The bridge construction was commenced after the groundbreaking ceremony.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khởi đầu (v): to begin, to start (often used interchangeably, but can be slightly more general).

  • Mọi hành trình lớn đều có một khởi đầu nhỏ. (Every great journey has a small beginning.)

• Bắt đầu (v): to start, to begin (the most common and general synonym).

  • Chúng ta hãy bắt đầu buổi họp. (Let's start the meeting.)

Synonyms

• Commence: To begin formally.
• Initiate: To cause a process to begin.
• Embark on: To start a course of action.

Related Idioms

• Khởi sự nan: (Literally: to start with difficulty) To have a difficult or challenging beginning.
  • Mọi công việc khởi sự nan, nhưng rồi sẽ quen. (All tasks are difficult at the start, but one will get used to them.)

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