起草 meaning and pronunciation

起草
Simplified/traditional word

起草 English definition

qǐ cǎo

  • draft (a bill)
  • draw up (plans)

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  • (qǐ): to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; (before place or time) starting from; classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group;
  • (cǎo): grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1];