响
起

(of a sound) to come forth in Chinese: 响起 (xiǎng qǐ)

xiǎng qǐ

(of a sound) to come forth

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 響起1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(of a sound) to come forth
  2. 2(of a sound source) to ring out
  3. 3to sound
  4. 4to go off

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响
起

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄤˇ

xiǎng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

响起

Simplified

響起

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 半夜里，电话突然响起。

    bàn yè lǐ， diàn huà tū rán xiǎng qǐ。

    In the middle of the night, the phone suddenly rang.

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Related words

响

xiǎng

echo

起

qǐ

to rise

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

影响

yǐng xiǎng

influence

起飞

qǐ fēi

(of an aircraft) to take off

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

引起

yǐn qǐ

to give rise to

想起

xiǎng qǐ

to recall

起到

qǐ dào

(in an expression of the form 起到…用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect)

起码

qǐ mǎ

at the minimum

提起

tí qǐ

to mention

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