起头

1. start; originate

♦ 这件事是谁起的头？ Who started all this?

♦ 我想织毛衣, 可不会~。 I want to knit a sweater, but I don't know how to begin.

2. at first; in the beginning

♦ ~她答应来的, 后来有别的事不能来了。 At first she promised to come but then had another engagement and couldn't make it.

3. beginning

♦ 我没听清楚, 你从~儿再说一遍。 I didn't get what you said. Say it all over again from the beginning.