起码

起码 qǐmǎ in a sentence

Minimum (at the very least)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

起码 (qǐmǎ) means Minimum (at the very least). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

尊重别人是 起码 的礼貌。

Zūnzhòng biéren shì qǐmǎ de lǐmào.

Respecting others is the most basic courtesy.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 起码

这件事 起码 要三天才能做完。

Zhè jiàn shì qǐmǎ yào sān tiān cái néng zuò wán.

This will take at least three days to finish.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 起码

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How is 起码 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 起码 (qǐmǎ, "Minimum (at the very least)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 起码 an HSK word?

Yes — 起码 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 起码?

The dictionary page for 起码 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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