起草 meaning in English

qǐcǎo

to make a draft; to draw up (plans)

HSK 7-919 strokes

Meaning of 起草

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qǐcǎo
  1. to make a draft
  2. to draw up (plans)

Stroke order for each character

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起 qǐ · to rise · 10 strokes

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草 cǎo · grass · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 起草.

一起yīqǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
起来qǐláito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
起床qǐchuángto get out of bed; to get up
想起xiǎngqǐto recall; to think of
起飞qǐfēi(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to star
草地cǎodìlawn; meadow
看起来kàn qǐláiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the
了不起liǎobuqǐamazing; terrific
引起yǐnqǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
看不起kànbuqǐto look down upon; to despise
提起tíqǐto mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise

Questions about 起草

What does 起草 mean?

起草 (qǐcǎo) means "to make a draft; to draw up (plans)".

How do you write 起草?

起草 is made of 2 characters: 起 (10 strokes), 草 (9 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 起草 an HSK word?

Yes. 起草 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.