起草 qǐ cǎo — draft (a bill)

Meanings

1. 1

   draft (a bill)

   draft (a bill); draw up (plans)

   verb

Character breakdown

• 起

  qǐ (third tone, dipping)

  to rise, to get up, to stand up; to begin; to raise; a measure word for cases or incidents

  10 strokes⿺走己Radical 走
• 草

  cǎo (third tone, dipping)

  grass, straw; rough, careless; a draft, a rough copy; the cursive script

  9 strokes⿱艹早Radical 艸

Words containing 起

• 起qǐ (third tone, dipping)to rise
• 起来/起來qǐlái (third tone, dipping)to get up, to stand up, to rise
• 一起yìqǐ (fourth tone, falling)together
• 引起yǐnqǐ (third tone, dipping)to give rise to, to cause, to trigger
• 想起xiǎng (third tone, dipping) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to recall
• 对不起/對不起duìbuqǐ (fourth tone, falling)sorry; excuse me
• 起床qǐchuáng (third tone, dipping)to get up, to get out of bed
• 看起来/看起來kàn (fourth tone, falling) qǐ (third tone, dipping) lai (neutral tone)seemingly
• 起诉/起訴qǐ (third tone, dipping) sù (fourth tone, falling)to sue
• 起飞/起飛qǐfēi (third tone, dipping)to take off (of an aircraft)
• 提起tí (second tone, rising) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to mention
• 起码/起碼qǐ (third tone, dipping) mǎ (third tone, dipping)at the minimum
• 发起/發起fā (first tone, high and level) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to originate
• 了不起liǎo (third tone, dipping) bu (neutral tone) qǐ (third tone, dipping)amazing
• 响起/響起xiǎng (third tone, dipping) qǐ (third tone, dipping)(of a sound) to come forth
• 起点/起點qǐ (third tone, dipping) diǎn (third tone, dipping)starting point
• 掀起xiān (first tone, high and level) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to lift
• 起步qǐ (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling)to set out

Words containing 草

• 草cǎo (third tone, dipping)grass; a low plant
• 草原cǎo (third tone, dipping) yuán (second tone, rising)grassland
• 草坪cǎo (third tone, dipping) píng (second tone, rising)lawn
• 草地cǎo (third tone, dipping) dì (fourth tone, falling)lawn
• 草案cǎo (third tone, dipping) àn (fourth tone, falling)draft (legislation
• 稻草dào (fourth tone, falling) cǎo (third tone, dipping)rice straw
• 草率cǎo (third tone, dipping) shuài (fourth tone, falling)careless
• 斩草除根/斬草除根zhǎn (third tone, dipping) cǎo (third tone, dipping) chú (second tone, rising) gēn (first tone, high and level)to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
• 潦草liáo (second tone, rising) cǎo (third tone, dipping)slipshod; careless; slovenly
• 奇花异草/奇花異草qí (second tone, rising) huā (first tone, high and level) yì (fourth tone, falling) cǎo (third tone, dipping)very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)