Correct

起笔

/ qǐ bǐ / 
Strokes

Example

As a Verb

start each stroke in Chinese calligraphy; start a stroke in writing a Chinese character

1
Xiě
写
hànzì
汉字
qǐ
起
bǐ
笔
hěn
很
zhòngyào
重要
  
。

To write a Chinese character well, it is important to start each stroke properly.

2
Qǐ
起
bǐ
笔
de
的
shíhou
时候
dùn
顿
yī
一
dùn
顿
  
。

Pause before starting a stroke.

As a Noun

first stroke of a Chinese character in a radical index

As a Noun

the first part of a passage