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起头

/ qǐtóu /
Strokes

Definition

to start/at first/beginning

Example

As a Verb

start; originate; initiate

1
Zhè
shìqing
事情
shì
shuí
de
tóur  
头儿
  
?

Who started all this?

2
Xiān
cóng
zhèr
这儿
tóu
  
  

I'll lead off. / I'll be first.

3
Shuí
lái
tóur  
个头儿
  
?

Who'd like to kick off the ball?

As an Adverb

originally; initially; at first; in the beginning; at the outset

4
tóu
起头
ying
答应
guòlái
过来
  
,
hòulái
后来
yòu
gǎibiàn
改变
le
zhǔyi
主意
  

At first he promised to come but later he changed his mind.

As a Noun

beginning; start

5
Xiǎoshuō
小说
de
tóu
起头
xiě
de
cuò
不错
  

The opening of the novel is good.

6
Wànshì
万事
tóu
nán
  

Everything is hard in the beginning. / Everything is difficult at the start.