起筆 [－笔]

Jyutping hei2 bat1
Pinyin qǐ bǐ

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Chinese
    to start writing a stroke of a Chinese character
    (syn.) 發筆, 入笔, 发笔, 入筆
  2. noun
    first stroke of a Chinese character (in a radical index)
  3. noun
    beginning of an article
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他拿起笔，写了起来。
    他拿起筆，寫了起來。
    tā ná qǐ bǐ ， xiě le qǐ lai 。
    • He took up his pen and began to write.
    • He picked up his pencil and began to write.