起码
qǐmǎ
at least
Characters in this word
码 mǎ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 起码要三天。 Qǐmǎ yào sān tiān. It takes at least three days.
- 起码你要来。 Qǐmǎ nǐ yào lái. At least you should come.
- 他起码懂一点。 Tā qǐmǎ dǒng yìdiǎn. He at least understands a little.
Related words
- 对不起 duìbuqǐ sorry, excuse me
- 起 qǐ to rise, to get up
- 起床 qǐchuáng to get up (out of bed)
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 起飞 qǐfēi to take off
- 想起 xiǎngqǐ to remember; to recall
- 看起来 kànqǐlai to look; to seem
- 看不起 kànbuqǐ to look down on
- 了不起 liǎobuqǐ amazing
- 引起 yǐnqǐ to cause
- 起到 qǐdào to play a role