"Starter" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 开胃菜 | kāi wèi cài | starter / appetizer |  |
| 起种 | qǐ zhǒng | starter (for sourdough breadmaking) | |
| 面种 | miàn zhǒng | (breadmaking) starter | |
| 前菜 | qián cài | appetizer / starter / hors d'oeuvre | |
| 曲 |  qū | fermentation starter / leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc) / Taiwan pr. [qu2] |  |
| 起动钮 | qǐ dòng niǔ | starter button / on switch | |
| 起始项目 | qǐ shǐ xiàng mù | starter project | |
| 酸种 | suān zhǒng | sourdough starter | |
