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Information of 起

Pinyin qǐ

Radical

走

Strokes

10 strokes

Usage

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Definition

to rise / to raise / to get up

起 [qǐ] 动词 1. 由躺而坐或由坐而立等。 [En.] to rise (from lying or sitting) 2. 离开原来的位置。 [En.] to leave the original position 3. 开始。 [En.] to start; to begin 4. 拔出，取出。 [En.] to pull out; to take out 5. 领取（凭证）。 [En.] to collect (documents, certificates) 6. 由下向上，由小往大里涨。 [En.] to rise from lower to higher; to grow from small to big 7. 发生，产生，发动，提出。 [En.] to occur; to happen; to initiate or propose 8. 长出。 [En.] to sprout; to grow 9. 拟定。 [En.] to draft 10. 建造，建立。 [En.] to build; to establish 11. 群，组，批。 [En.] group; batch 12. 量词，指件，宗。 [En.] measure word for events or matters 13. 自，从。 [En.] from; since 14. 用在动词后，表示动作的趋向。 [En.] used after a verb to indicate the direction of the action 15. 用在动词后，与“来”连用，表示动作开始。 [En.] used after a verb with "来" to indicate the beginning of an action 16. 用在动词后，常与“不”或“得”连用，表示胜任；亦表示达到某一种标准。 [En.] used after a verb, often with "不" or "得", to indicate capability; also indicates reaching a certain standard 量词 1. 群;组。 [En.] group; lot 2. 批。 [En.] batch 3. 次，回。 [En.] time; instance 4. 病例;案例。 [En.] case; instance 介词放在时间或处所词的前面，表示始点，相当于“从”、“自”、“由”。 [En.] placed before a time or place word to indicate the starting point, equivalent to "from" or "since". 副词 1. 用在动词后作为补足语，表示动作的向上方向。 [En.] used as a complement after a verb indicating the upward direction 2. 用在动词后，常与“不”、“得”连用，表示能或不能经受住，够或不够标准。 [En.] used after a verb together with "得" or "不", indicating capability or inability to meet a standard.

吊起 diào qǐ

to hoist

起吊 qǐ diào

sling / crane

唤起 huàn qǐ

to waken (to action) / to rouse (the masses) / to evoke (attention, recollection etc)

一波又起 yī bō yòu qǐ

Wave after wave

另起炉灶 lìng qǐ lú zào

lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch / back to square one / to start of on a new path

一哄而起 yī hōng ér qǐ

(of a group of people) to rush into action

响起 xiǎng qǐ

ring out / to sound

唱起 chàng qǐ

Sing

起因 qǐ yīn

cause / a factor (leading to an effect)

平起平坐 píng qǐ píng zuò

to be on an equal footing

奋起 fèn qǐ

to rise vigorously / a spirited start

起始 qǐ shǐ

to originate

崛起 jué qǐ

to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)

起哄 qǐ hòng

to heckle / rowdy jeering / to create a disturbance

卧床不起 wò chuáng bù qǐ

be completely bedridden / remain in bed / take to one's bed and be likely to die

卷起 juǎn qǐ

to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up

勃起 bó qǐ

erection / to have an erection

升起 shēng qǐ

to raise / to hoist / to rise

起伏跌宕 qǐ fú diē dàng

Ups and downs

起居 qǐ jū

everyday life / regular pattern of life

引起 yǐn qǐ

to give rise to / to lead to / to cause / to arouse

黄巢起义 Huáng Cháo qǐ yì

Huang Chao peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang, led by Huang Chao

起床 qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed / to get up

此起彼落 cǐ qǐ bǐ luò

to rise and fall in succession (idiom) / repeating continuously

此伏彼起 cǐ fú bǐ qǐ

see 此起彼伏[ci3 qi3 bi3 fu2]

起劲 qǐ jìn

vigorously / energetically / enthusiastically

凸起 tū qǐ

convex / protruding / to protrude / to bulge / to buckle upwards

起初 qǐ chū

originally / at first / at the outset

忆起 yì qǐ

remember / recall / call to mind

想起 xiǎng qǐ

to recall / to think of / to call to mind