起碼

See also: 起码

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	a weight; number; yard a weight; number; yard; code; pile; stack
trad. (起碼)		起	碼
simp. (起码)		起	码

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² maa⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí-mâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khí-bé / khí-bée / khí-má

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ki² bhê²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵chi-mo
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qi³ ma³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐmǎ [Phonetic: qímǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-ma³
    • Yale: chǐ-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiimaa
    • Palladius: цима (cima)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² maa⁵
    • Yale: héi máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ maː¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-mâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˋ ma^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ ma¹
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ ma²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-bé
    • Tâi-lô: khí-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qy'bea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ be⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-bée
    • Tâi-lô: khí-bée
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɛ⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-má
    • Tâi-lô: khí-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qymar
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ki² bhê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khí bé
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi⁵²⁻³⁵ be⁵²⁻²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵chi-mo
    • MiniDict: chi^去 mo
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²qi-mo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi³³ mo⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: qi³ ma³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁴¹ ma̠⁴¹/

Adjective

起碼

1. (attributive) basic; minimal; elementary

Synonyms

• 基本 (jīběn)
• 基礎／基础 (jīchǔ)

Adverb

起碼

1. at least

   起碼要三十蚊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   起码要三十蚊。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   hei² maa⁵ jiu³ saam¹ sap⁶ man¹. [Jyutping]

   You need at least $30.

Synonyms

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• 少說 / 少说 (shǎoshuō)
• 至少 (zhìshǎo)
• 至少兒 / 至少儿 (Dungan)