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起 qǐ
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起 qǐ Meaning
Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 20 English Translations of the word 起 qǐ .
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- Pīnyīn Pronunciation
- qǐ | qi3
- English translation
- 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
- (before place or time) starting from
- classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
- classifier for groups: batch, group
- to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
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Example sentences using 起 qǐ
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她 tā 叹 tàn 了 le 口 kǒu 气 qì , 站 zhàn 了 le 起来 qǐlai , 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ 地 de 拉 lā 好 hǎo 裙子 qúnzi ,摸 mō 平头 píng tóu 发 fā .
She sighed, stood up, automatically adjusted her skirt and smoothed her hair.
我 wǒ 的 de 手指 shǒuzhǐ 接触 jiēchù 那 Nā 软膏 ruǎn gāo 之后 zhī hòu 就 jiù 疼 téng 起来 qǐlai 了 le .
My fingers are beginning to prick after touching that paste.
那 Nā 农夫 nóng fū 用 yòng 犁 lí 翻 fān 起 qǐ 了 le 一些 yī xiē 埋葬 máizàng 的 de 财宝 cái bǎo .
The ploughman turned up some buried treasure.
Words with 起 qǐ
Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 起 qǐ in their composition.
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Frequency | Simplified | Meaning | Traditional |
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起来 qǐlai | also pr. [qǐlai] | 起來 | |
一起 yīqǐ | together | 一起 yīqǐ | |
起 qǐ | to rise | 起 qǐ | |
对不起 duìbuqǐ | unworthy | 對不起 | |
引起 yǐnqǐ | to lead to | 引起 yǐnqǐ | |
想起 xiǎng qǐ | to recall | 想起 xiǎng qǐ | |
起床 qǐchuáng | to get up | 起床 qǐchuáng | |
起诉 qǐ sù | to sue | 起訴 | |
看起来 kàn qǐ lai | seemingly | 看起來 | |
提起 tí qǐ | to mention | 提起 tí qǐ | |
起码 qǐmǎ | at the minimum | 起碼 | |
发起 fā qǐ | to originate | 發起 | |
了不起 liǎobuqǐ | amazing | 了不起 liǎobuqǐ | |
起飞 qǐfēi | (of an aircraft) to take off | 起飛 | |
起身 qǐ shēn | to get up | 起身 qǐ shēn | |
掀起 xiānqǐ | to lift | 掀起 xiānqǐ | |
崛起 jué qǐ | to tower over | 崛起 jué qǐ | |
起点 qǐ diǎn | starting point | 起點 | |
早起 zǎo qǐ | to get up early | 早起 zǎo qǐ | |
起步 qǐ bù | to set out | 起步 qǐ bù | |
拿起 ná qǐ | to pick up | 拿起 ná qǐ | |
举起 jǔ qǐ | to heave | 舉起 | |
站起来 zhàn qǐ lai | to stand up | 站起來 | |
升起 shēng qǐ | to raise | 升起 shēng qǐ | |
抬起 tái qǐ | to lift up | 抬起 tái qǐ |
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