起
码

At the minimum in Chinese: 起码 (qǐ mǎ)

qǐ mǎ

at the minimum

HSK 3.0 Level 5Traditional: 起碼1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1at the minimum
  2. 2at the very least

Stroke order

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起
码

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄇㄚˇ

mǎ

ㄇ/ mㄚ/ aˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

起码

Simplified

起碼

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 从这里到那里起码要走一个小时。

    cóng zhè lǐ dào nà lǐ qǐ mǎ yào zǒu yí gè xiǎo shí。

    It takes at least an hour to walk from here to there.

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Related words

起

qǐ

to rise

码

mǎ

weight

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

号码

hào mǎ

number

密码

mì mǎ

cipher

起飞

qǐ fēi

(of an aircraft) to take off

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

引起

yǐn qǐ

to give rise to

数码

shù mǎ

number

想起

xiǎng qǐ

to recall

码头

mǎ tóu

dock

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