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
hàn
汉字
hěn
zhòngyào
重要
  

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

2
de
shíhou
时候
dùn
dùn
  

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