Miaozi

起

qǐㄑㄧˇ
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HSK 1TOCFL 4

Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    to rise

  2. 2

    to raise

  3. 3

    to get up

  4. 4

    to set out

  5. 5

    to start

  6. 6

    to appear

  7. 7

    to launch

  8. 8

    to initiate (action)

Examples

See it in context

剛才我的麥克風沒起作用，不知道為什麼。

For some reason the microphone didn't work earlier.

Alice从上周日起就感冒了。

Alice從上週日起就感冒了。

Alice has had a cold since last Sunday.

她看起來很孤單。

She looked lonely.

這個問題看起來很難。

This problem seems difficult.

你能舉起這塊石頭嗎？

Can you lift this stone?

Grammar

Grammar using 起

起

Affording or bearing something with 得起 / 不起 · A2 · TOCFL a2

起

Bringing something up with 起 · A2 · TOCFL a2

从…起

Cong Qi Starting From (从…起) · B1 · TOCFL b1

Lesson coming later

Characters

Character breakdown

走

zǒu

to walk

Related

Related: 起

一起

yī qǐ

(in) the same place

引起

yǐn qǐ

to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse

想起

xiǎng qǐ

to recall

提起

tí qǐ

to mention; to bring up

激起

jī qǐ

to arouse

发起

fā qǐ

to originate

兴起

xīng qǐ

to rise

起伏

qǐ fú

to move up and down

Stroke practice

Practice writing 起

Characters

simplified script

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