说
起
来

Say in Chinese: 说起来 (shuō qǐlái)

shuō qǐlái

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 說起來1 example sentence

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说
起
来

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ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

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说起来

Simplified

說起來

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 说起来，我们已经十年没见了。

    shuō qǐ lái， wǒ men yǐ jīng shí nián méi jiàn le。

    Come to think of it, we haven't seen each other for ten years.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

起

qǐ

to rise

说

shuō

to speak

说话

shuō huà

to speak

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

起飞

qǐ fēi

(of an aircraft) to take off

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

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