起头 (起頭) qǐtóu
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qǐtóu
verb
to start; at first; in the beginning
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '起頭'; Guoyu '起頭' 1; Mathews 1931 '起頭', p. 72) -
qǐtóu
verb
to take the lead
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '起頭' 2) -
qǐtóu
adverb
formerly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '起頭' 3)
Contained in
- 万事起头难(萬事起頭難) the first step is the hardest
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第一百十四回 Chapter 114 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
- 第十二回 Chapter 12 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第三十四回 Chapter 34 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第三十二回 Chapter 32 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第四十一回 Chapter 41 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 第九十六回 Chapter 96 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 卷七十上 表第十上 宗室世系上 Volume 70a Tables 10: The Imperial Family Genealogy 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 92 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第七十一回 Chapter 71 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
Collocations
- 起头来 (起頭來) 只見那張三李四在糞窖裏探起頭來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七回 Chapter 7 — count: 10
- 擡起头 (擡起頭) 擡起頭來我看 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第三十回 Chapter 30 — count: 4
- 探起头 (探起頭) 只見那張三李四在糞窖裏探起頭來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第七回 Chapter 7 — count: 3
- 起头儿 (起頭兒) 我是個起頭兒的人 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 30 — count: 2