始終

shǐ zhōng

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Adverb

始終 (shǐ zhōng) is a Chinese word meaning “from beginning to end”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard, where it is marked a core word.

Definition

  1. from beginning to end
  2. all along

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Example

無論多忙,他始終堅持運動。

No matter how busy, he always keeps up his exercise.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).