起
伏

To move up and down in Chinese: 起伏 (qǐ fú)

qǐ fú

to move up and down

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to move up and down
  2. 2to undulate
  3. 3ups and downs

Stroke order

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起
伏

Zhuyin

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ㄑㄧˇ

qǐ

ㄑ/ qㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄈㄨˊ

fú

ㄈ/ fㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 远处的山峰高低起伏，很好看。

    yuǎn chù de shān fēng gāo dī qǐ fú， hěn hǎo kàn。

    The distant mountain peaks rise and fall — it's a lovely sight.

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Related words

起

qǐ

to rise

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

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