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起码

qǐ mǎ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 起碼

起码 (qǐ mǎ) means "at the minimum; at the very least". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 起码 means

1. at the minimum; at the very least

The characters in 起码

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 码mǎ(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale; number

Example sentences

• 汤姆起码比我高一个头。
  Tom is at least a head taller than me.
• 他每天起码会看一部电影。
  He watches at least one movie a day.
• 这张沙发起码可以坐三个人。
  Zhè zhāng shāfā qǐmǎ kěyǐ zuò sān gèrén.
  This sofa can seat three people easily.
• 无论你平时怎幺大大咧咧的，起码试着稍微礼貌一点吧。
  You could at least try to be a bit more polite, even though it's not like you.

Where 起码 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qì–qǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǐ mǎ correctly.
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