起步
qǐbù
to start; to get off the ground; initial stage
Characters in this word
步 bù
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 止 — to stop, to halt
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 国内的绿色金融虽然起步较晚，但制度建设已经明显加快。 Guónèi de lǜsè jīnróng suīrán qǐbù jiào wǎn, dàn zhìdù jiànshè yǐjīng míngxiǎn jiākuài. Although green finance in the country started relatively late, institutional development has already accelerated noticeably.
- 汽车慢慢起步，向前驶去。 Qìchē mànmàn qǐbù, xiàng qián shǐ qù. The car slowly pulled away and drove ahead.
- 他的小生意刚刚起步，需要大家的支持。 Tā de xiǎo shēngyi gānggāng qǐbù, xūyào dàjiā de zhīchí. His small business has just started and needs everyone's support.
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