起草
qǐcǎo
to draft; to draw up
Characters in this word
草 cǎo
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 早 early
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 法律顾问正在起草新的合同条款，以避免类似争议再次发生。 Fǎlǜ gùwèn zhèngzài qǐcǎo xīn de hétong tiáokuǎn, yǐ bìmiǎn lèisì zhēngyì zàicì fāshēng. The legal adviser is drafting new contract clauses to prevent similar disputes from happening again.
- 老师让我们先起草一份活动计划。 Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen xiān qǐcǎo yí fèn huódòng jìhuà. The teacher asked us to draft an activity plan first.
- 他连夜起草了一封给客户的道歉信。 Tā liányè qǐcǎo le yì fēng gěi kèhù de dàoqiàn xìn. He drafted an apology letter to the client overnight.
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