提
起

To mention in Chinese: 提起 (tí qǐ)

tí qǐ

to mention

HSK 3.0 Level 51 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to mention
  2. 2to speak of
  3. 3to lift
  4. 4to pick up
  5. 5to arouse
  6. 6to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)

Stroke order

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起

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ㄊㄧˊ

tí

ㄊ/ tㄧ/ iˊ/ second tone

ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 一提起小时候的事，她就很开心。

    yì tí qǐ xiǎo shí hòu de shì， tā jiù hěn kāi xīn。

    Whenever her childhood is mentioned, she becomes happy.

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Related words

提

tí

to carry (hanging down from the hand)

起

qǐ

to rise

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

提高

tí gāo

to raise

起飞

qǐ fēi

(of an aircraft) to take off

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

提供

tí gōng

to offer

提前

tí qián

to shift to an earlier date

提醒

tí xǐng

to remind

引起

yǐn qǐ

to give rise to

提倡

tí chàng

to promote

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