起草

qǐcǎo

verb HSK 7-9 #9,938

Meanings

1 to draft
2 to draw up (a document)

Characters

to start; to begin

grass; rough draft

Examples

HSK 3

他负责起草这份报告。

Tā fùzé qǐcǎo zhè fèn bàogào.

He is responsible for drafting this report.

HSK 4

律师正在起草合同。

Lǜshī zhèngzài qǐcǎo hétong.

The lawyer is drafting the contract.

Tips

memory

草 means 'grass' but also 'rough/draft' (as in 草稿 cǎogǎo). 起草 = to start a rough version.

Stroke Order

起 qǐ

草 cǎo