起
草

To make a draft in Chinese: 起草 (qǐ cǎo)

qǐ cǎo

to make a draft

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Definitions

  1. 1to make a draft
  2. 2to draw up (plans)

Stroke order

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起
草

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄘㄠˇ

cǎo

ㄘ/ cㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

See 起草 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他花了一周时间起草这份报告。

    tā huā le yì zhōu shí jiān qǐ cǎo zhè fèn bào gào。

    He spent a week drafting this report.

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Related words

草

cǎo

grass

起

qǐ

to rise

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

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

草地

cǎo dì

lawn

想起

xiǎng qǐ

to recall

草原

cǎo yuán

grassland

起到

qǐ dào

(in an expression of the form 起到…用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect)

起码

qǐ mǎ

at the minimum

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