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起草

qǐ cǎo

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

起草 (qǐ cǎo) means "to make a draft; to draw up (plans)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 起草 means

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

The characters in 起草

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript

Where 起草 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · qǐ–qí (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 cǎo correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.