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起程

qǐ chéng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

起程 (qǐ chéng) means "to set out; to leave". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 起程 means

1. to set out
2. to leave

The characters in 起程

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 程chéngrule; order; regulations

Example sentences

• 我们因为风暴推迟了起程。
  Wǒmen yīnwèi fēngbào tuīchí le qǐchéng.
  We postponed our departure because of the storm.

Sounds the same

Read qǐ chéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 启程to set out on a journey

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qǐ chéng correctly.
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