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起码

qǐ mǎ · qi ma

Traditional 起碼

HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. at the minimum; at the very least
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Ten thousand steps

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)每天(měitiān)走(zǒu)多少(duōshao)步(bù)？

    How many steps do you walk every day?

  2. Liangliang

    起码(qǐmǎ)一万(yīwàn)步(bù)！

    At least ten thousand steps!

  3. Dengdeng

    真的(zhēnde)？起码(qǐmǎ)一万(yīwàn)？

    Really? At least ten thousand?

  4. Liangliang

    其实(qíshí)一万(yīwàn)步(bù)里(lǐ)，起码(qǐmǎ)有(yǒu)三千(sānqiān)步(bù)是(shì)从(cóng)沙发(shāfā)走(zǒu)到(dào)冰箱(bīngxiāng)的(de)。

    Actually, at least three thousand of the ten thousand steps are from the sofa to the fridge.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)的(de)冰箱(bīngxiāng)离(lí)沙发(shāfā)真(zhēn)远(yuǎn)！

    Then your fridge is really far from the sofa!

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01

这(zhè)张(zhāng)沙(shā)发(fā)起(qǐ)码(mǎ)可(kě)以(yǐ)坐(zuò)三(sān)个(gè)人(rén)。

This sofa can seat three people easily.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)每(měi)天(tiān)起(qǐ)码(mǎ)会(huì)看(kàn)一(yí)部(bù)电(diàn)影(yǐng)。

He watches at least one movie a day.

Tatoeba: Chinese by DaoSeng · English by CH · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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