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What does 起码 mean?

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起码 qǐmǎ

at least; minimum; basic

Its characters

  1. 起 qǐ to rise
  2. 码 mǎ code

In a sentence

从这儿到车站起码要半小时。 It takes at least half an hour to get to the station from here.

所以,倘若你实在想不起某个量词,用“个”起码不会错得太离谱。

From 中文为什么要用量词? · Why does Chinese have measure words?

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