khởi sự
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Definition
- 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.)
- Begin, start, set in