起点
qǐdiǎn
starting point
Characters in this word
点 diǎn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 占 to divine 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 公平的教育机会是社会流动的重要起点。 Gōngpíng de jiàoyù jīhuì shì shèhuì liúdòng de zhòngyào qǐdiǎn. Fair educational opportunities are an important starting point for social mobility.
- 这条跑道的起点在公园东门。 Zhè tiáo pǎodào de qǐdiǎn zài gōngyuán dōngmén. The starting point of this running track is at the east gate of the park.
- 失败不是终点，而是新的起点。 Shībài bú shì zhōngdiǎn, ér shì xīn de qǐdiǎn. Failure is not the end, but a new starting point.
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