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Pinyin qǐ

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Definition

to rise / to raise / to get up

Usage

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起 [qǐ] 〈动〉【本义】: 由躺而坐;由坐而立 1. 动词同本义 (stand up) 2. 起床 (get up; get out of bed) 3. 产生;发生 (produce; happen; take place) 4. 开始;开端 (start; begin) 5. 源起;起因于 (cause; origin) 6. 治愈;病愈。亦谓复苏 (cure) 7. 起身，动起来，采取行动 (start) 8. 起义，起事，闹事 (insurgence; rise in rebellion) 9. 隆起，凸起，耸立 (protruding) 10. 草拟 (draw up) 11. 使疏松 (loosen) 12. 扶持 (help sustain) 13. 取 (证件、书信等) (get) 14. 兴建;建造 (build; construct) 15. 征收;征召 (levy; collect; call up) 16. 使死者复活 (bring back to life) 17. 举用 (employ) 18. 启发 (arouse) 19. 离开;除去 (remove; leave the original position) 20. 开启，张开 (open) 21. 搬运 (carry) 22. 出身 (be born of; come from) 〈量〉 1. 群;组 (group; lot) 2. 批 (batch) 3. 次，回 (time) 4. 病例;案例 (case; instance) 〈介〉在时间或地点词前，表示始点，相当于“从”、“自”、“由” (from). 如: 起这儿剪下来; 我起北京来〈副〉 1. 用在动词后作为补足语，表示动作的向上方向 (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 (used after a verb together with “得” or “不” as meaning ‘can afford’ or ‘cannot afford’)

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

惹不起 rě bu qǐ

can't afford to offend / dare not provoke / difficult to deal with / insufferable

掀起 xiān qǐ

to lift / to raise in height / to begin / upsurge / to set off (a campaign)

扬起 yáng qǐ

to raise one's head / to perk up

抓起 zhuā qǐ

snatch up

抬起 tái qǐ

to lift up

拍案而起 pāi àn ér qǐ

lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether / unable to take it any more

拔地而起 bá dì ér qǐ

rise straight from the ground / rising abruptly out of the ground

挑起 tiǎo qǐ

to provoke / to stir up / to incite

挺起 tǐng qǐ

throw out / elevation

提起 tí qǐ

to mention / to speak of / to lift / to pick up / to arouse / to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)

揭竿而起 jiē gān ér qǐ

bear arms against / raise the standard / rise in revolt

起搏 qǐ bó

pace-making

搞起 gǎo qǐ

Get up

兔起鹘落 tù qǐ hú luò

quick flow of writer's thoughts and imagination

兴起 xīng qǐ

to rise / to spring up / to burgeon / to be aroused / to come into vogue

起兵 qǐ bīng

Raise troops

再起 zài qǐ

to arise again / to make a comeback / resurgence

携起手来 xié qǐ shǒu lái

Join hands

起来 qǐ lai

to stand up / to get up / also pr. [qi3 lai2]

肃然起敬 sù rán qǐ jìng

to feel deep veneration for sb (idiom)

昂起 áng qǐ

Uplift

武昌起义 Wǔ chāng Qǐ yì

Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty

架起 jià qǐ

set up

做起 zuò qǐ

Start

比起 bǐ qǐ

compared with

泛起 fàn qǐ

to appear / to emerge / to surface

起泡 qǐ pào

to bubble / to foam / to blister / to sprout boils (on one's body) / sparkling (wine etc)

涌起 yǒng qǐ

to well up / to boil out / to bubble forth / to spurt

风起云涌 fēng qǐ yún yǒng

to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds

起源 qǐ yuán

origin / to originate / to come from

激起 jī qǐ

to arouse / to evoke / to cause / to stir up

起点 qǐ diǎn

starting point

仰卧起坐 yǎng wò qǐ zuò

sit-up (physical exercise)

此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú

up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)

思潮起伏 sī cháo qǐ fú

thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom) / different thoughts coming to mind

跌宕起伏 diē dàng qǐ fú

ups and downs

燃起 rán qǐ

to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)

起爆 qǐ bào

to explode / to set off an explosion / to detonate

起疑 qǐ yí

suspect

盖起 gài qǐ

Cover up

瞧不起 qiáo bù qǐ

to look down upon / to hold in contempt

瞧得起 qiáo de qǐ

think much of / have high regard for / look up to / see much in

起码 qǐ mǎ

at the minimum / at the very least

最起码 zuì qǐ mǎ

at least

竖起 shù qǐ

to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)

后起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù

an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation

秋收起义 Qiū shōu Qǐ yì

Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zedong

买不起 mǎi bu qǐ

cannot afford / can't afford buying

了不起 liǎo bu qǐ

amazing / terrific / extraordinary

突起 tū qǐ

to appear suddenly / projection / bit sticking out

翩翩起舞 piān piān qǐ wǔ

(to start) dancing lightly and gracefully

腾起 téng qǐ

spring

腾空而起 téng kōng ér qǐ

commence business / rise in the world by sheer effort and persistence

起义 qǐ yì

uprising / insurrection / revolt

起义军 qǐ yì jūn

insurrectionary army

起伏 qǐ fú

to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs

一起 yī qǐ

in the same place / together / with / altogether (in total)

起草 qǐ cǎo

to make a draft / to draw up (plans)

祸起萧墙 huò qǐ xiāo qiáng

Troubles start inside the house. / There is internal strife afoot. / Trouble breaks out at home. / Troubles come within one's family -- internecine feud.

蜂起 fēng qǐ

to swarm / to rise in masses

起讫 qǐ qì

beginning and end (dates)

投袂而起 tóu mèi ér qǐ

lit. to shake one's sleeves and rise (idiom) / fig. to get excited and move to action

武装起义 wǔ zhuāng qǐ yì

armed uprising

起誓 qǐ shì

to vow / to swear an oath

起诉 qǐ sù

to sue / to bring a lawsuit against / to prosecute

说起 shuō qǐ

to mention / to bring up (a subject) / with regard to / as for

谈起 tán qǐ

mention / speak of

起早贪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi

to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late

起身 qǐ shēn

to get up / to leave / to set forth

发起 fā qǐ

to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)

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