起头 (起頭) qǐtóu

  1. 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)
  2. qǐtóu verb to take the lead
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '起頭' 2)
  3. qǐtóu adverb formerly
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '起頭' 3)

Also contained in

万事起头难音节起头

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 32 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 19 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 2
  • Scroll 2 Guan Mile Shang Sheng Doushuaitian Jing Zan 觀彌勒上生兜率天經贊 — count: 2
  • Scroll 8 Dharanisamgraha Sutra (Collected Dharanis Sutra) 陀羅尼集經 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 18 Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Śravanasyaputranadagupilāyakalparāja (Fo Shuo Zuishang Mimi Na Na Tian Jing) 佛說最上祕密那拏天經 — count: 1
  • Scroll 16 Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律 — count: 1
  • Scroll 41 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 1 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 83 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 Mahābalavajrakrodhasūtra (Da Weili Wu Shu Se Mo Ming Wang Jing) 大威力烏樞瑟摩明王經 — count: 1

Collocations

  • 起头面 (起頭面) 從坐而起頭面作禮 — Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經, Scroll 33 — count: 12
  • 坐起头 (坐起頭) 從坐起頭面 — Dharmaguputakavinaya (Si Fen Lu) 四分律, Scroll 18 — count: 9
  • 座起头 (座起頭) 從座起頭 — Sarvāstivādavinaya (Shi Song Lu) 十誦律, Scroll 17 — count: 3