起步 [－－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to set out
  2. to set in motion
  3. the start (of some activity)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    開始​鬥快​比賽
    to start a race
    • 槍聲一響，運動員齊齊起步向前衝。
      枪声一响，运动员齐齐起步向前冲。
      As the gun bang, athletics started forging towards together.
    • 一號馬唔肯起步出閘。
      一号马唔肯起步出闸。
      X
  2. 動詞
    處​於​最初​嘅​地步​或者​程度
    (fig.) to be in the initial stage
    • 呢個係一間啱啱起步嘅公司。
      呢个系一间啱啱起步嘅公司。
      This is a fledgling company.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, figuratively
    to set in motion; to start a task or activity
    • 起步階段
      起步阶段
      qǐ bù jiē duàn
      initial stage
  2. verb
    to set one's car in movement; to accelerate
  3. verb, literally
    to set out
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #3204
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我们会遭遇挫折和不成功的起步。我作为总统所做的每项决定或政策，会有许多人持有异议，我们也知道，政府不能解决所有问题。
    我們會遭遇挫折和不成功的起步。我作為總統所做的每項決定或政策，會有許多人持有異議，我們也知道，政府不能解決所有問題。
    wǒ men huì zāo yù cuò zhé hé bù chéng gōng de qǐ bù 。 wǒ zuò wéi zǒng tǒng suǒ zuò de měi xiàng jué dìng huò zhèng cè ， huì yǒu xǔ duō rén chí yǒu yì yì ， wǒ men yě zhī dào ， zhèng fǔ bù néng jiě jué suǒ yǒu wèn tí 。
    • There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.
  2. Mandarin
    空间科学还在起步阶段。
    空間科學還在起步階段。
    kōng jiān kē xué hái zài qǐ bù jiē duàn 。
    • Space science is still in its infancy.
  3. Mandarin
    我们的乐队刚起步时，只有小城市里的小俱乐部雇我们。
    我們的樂隊剛起步時，只有小城市里的小俱樂部僱我們。
    wǒ men de yuè duì gāng qǐ bù shí ， zhǐ yǒu xiǎo chéng shì lǐ de xiǎo jù lè bù gù wǒ men 。
    • When we started out, our band could only find small clubs in small cities that would hire us.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    枪声一响，运动员齐齐起步向前冲。
    槍聲一響，運動員齊齊起步向前衝。
    • As the gun bang, athletics started forging towards together.
  2. Cantonese
    一号马唔肯起步出闸。
    一號馬唔肯起步出閘。
    • X
  3. Cantonese
    呢个系一间啱啱起步嘅公司。
    呢個係一間啱啱起步嘅公司。
    • This is a fledgling company.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    起步阶段
    起步階段
    qǐ bù jiē duàn
    • initial stage
    • initital stage