想
起

To recall in Chinese: 想起 (xiǎng qǐ)

xiǎng qǐ

to recall

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to recall
  2. 2to think of
  3. 3to call to mind

Stroke order

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想
起

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄤˇ

xiǎng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 我想起来还有一件事没做。

    wǒ xiǎng qǐ lái hái yǒu yí jiàn shì méi zuò。

    I just remembered there's still one thing I haven't done.

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Related words

想

xiǎng

to think (about)

起

qǐ

to rise

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

理想

lǐ xiǎng

an ideal

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

感想

gǎn xiǎng

impressions

幻想

huàn xiǎng

delusion

思想

sī xiǎng

thought

想念

xiǎng niàn

to miss

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