起
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
qǐ qi3
- 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
Example sentences
HSK words with 起 · 24 of 44
- 起来 qǐlai to stand up
- 一起 yīqǐ in the same place
- 对不起 duìbuqǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon
- 起床 qǐchuáng to get out of bed
- 想起 xiǎngqǐ to recall
- 起飞 qǐfēi (of an aircraft) to take off
- 看起来 kànqǐlai seemingly
- 引起 yǐnqǐ to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
- 了不起 liǎobuqǐ amazing
- 看不起 kànbuqǐ to look down upon
- 提起 tíqǐ to mention
- 起码 qǐmǎ at the minimum
- 起到 qǐdào (in an expression of the form 起到…用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
- 起诉 qǐsù to sue
- 发起 fāqǐ to originate
- 起点 qǐdiǎn starting point
- 看得起 kàndeqǐ to show respect for
- 响起 xiǎngqǐ (of a sound) to come forth
- 掀起 xiānqǐ to lift; to raise (a lid etc)
- 起步 qǐbù to set out
- 起初 qǐchū originally
- 崛起 juéqǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position)
- 起草 qǐcǎo to make a draft
- 起伏 qǐfú to move up and down