起

To rise in Chinese: 起 (qǐ)

qǐ

to rise

HSK 3.0 Level 11 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to rise
  2. 2to raise
  3. 3to get up
  4. 4to set out
  5. 5to start
  6. 6to appear
  7. 7to launch
  8. 8to initiate (action)
  9. 9to draft
  10. 10to establish
  11. 11to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12verb suffix, to start
  13. 13starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15classifier for groups: batch, group

Stroke order

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起

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

See 起 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我们一起去看电影吧。

    wǒ men yì qǐ qù kàn diàn yǐng ba。

    Let's go see a movie together.

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Related words

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

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

发起

fā qǐ

to originate

起点

qǐ diǎn

starting point

起诉

qǐ sù

to sue

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