Chinese Word: 起 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

起HSK 1

Pinyin: qǐ

English Definition: to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group

Chinese Definition:
①由躺而坐或由坐而立等：起床。起立。起居。起夜。
②离开原来的位置：起身。起运。起跑。
③开始：起始。起码(最低限度，最低的)。起步。起初。起讫。起源。
④拔出，取出：起锚。起获。
⑤领取(凭证)：起护照。
⑥由下向上，由小往大里涨：起伏。起劲。起色。
⑦发生，产生，发动，提出：起风。起腻。起敬。起疑。起义。起诉。
⑧长出：起痱子。
⑨拟定：起草。
⑩建造，建立：起房子。白手起家。
⑾群，组，批：一起(一块儿)。
⑿量词，指件，宗：一起案件。
⒀自，从：起小儿就淘气。
⒁用在动词后，表示动作的趋向：想起。掀起。兴(xīng)起。
⒂用在动词后，与“来”连用，表示动作开始：唱起来。
⒃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：看不起。经得起检验。

Synonym: 始

Antonyms: 止终伏讫

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 走

Pictophonetic: 己 indicates the sound; 走 (walk) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿺ Surround from lower left
- 走 [ zǒu ] to walk, to run, to flee
- 己 [ jǐ ] self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem

Similar Characters: 趄趋

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Example Words

一起	yī qǐ	in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)	HSK 2
引起	yǐn qǐ	to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse	HSK 4
发起	fā qǐ	to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time)
对不起	duì bu qǐ	unworthy; to let down; I'm sorry; excuse me; pardon me; if you please; sorry? (please repeat)	HSK 1
起身	qǐ shēn	to get up; to leave; to set forth

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Example Sentences

1		nǐ 你 cóng shén 从什 me 么 shí hòu 时候 qǐ 起 gǎn 赶 xīn cháo 新潮 lái 来 de 的？ When have you switched on?
2		ràng 让 wǒ men 我们 xié qǐ shǒu 携起手 lái 来， gòng tóng 共同 qián jìn 前进。 Let us join hands and advance together.
3		zhè 这 yī fú 衣服 fàng 放 zài 在 shuǐ 水 lǐ 里 kě néng 可能 yào 要 qǐ 起 zhòu 皱 The clothes may wrinkle up in water.
4		xiǎo hái 小孩 qiào 撬 qǐ 起 le 了 shí bǎn 石板， dàn 但 shén 什 me 么 yě 也 méi yǒu 没有 fā xiàn 发现。 The child levered up the stone slab,but found nothing.
5		tā 他 yǎo 舀 qǐ 起 le 了 jǐ 几 kuài 块 fāng táng 方糖， rán hòu 然后 bǎ 把 tā men 它们 quán dōu 全都 sāi 塞 jìn 进 le 了 zuǐ lǐ 嘴里。 He spooned up several cakes of cube sugar and stuffed them into his mouth.

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1		nǐ 你 cóng shén 从什 me 么 shí hòu 时候 qǐ 起 gǎn 赶 xīn cháo 新潮 lái 来 de 的？ When have you switched on?
2		ràng 让 wǒ men 我们 xié qǐ shǒu 携起手 lái 来， gòng tóng 共同 qián jìn 前进。 Let us join hands and advance together.
3		zhè 这 yī fú 衣服 fàng 放 zài 在 shuǐ 水 lǐ 里 kě néng 可能 yào 要 qǐ 起 zhòu 皱 The clothes may wrinkle up in water.
4		xiǎo hái 小孩 qiào 撬 qǐ 起 le 了 shí bǎn 石板， dàn 但 shén 什 me 么 yě 也 méi yǒu 没有 fā xiàn 发现。 The child levered up the stone slab,but found nothing.
5		tā 他 yǎo 舀 qǐ 起 le 了 jǐ 几 kuài 块 fāng táng 方糖， rán hòu 然后 bǎ 把 tā men 它们 quán dōu 全都 sāi 塞 jìn 进 le 了 zuǐ lǐ 嘴里。 He spooned up several cakes of cube sugar and stuffed them into his mouth.

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