起 qǐ
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qǐ
verb
to arise; to get up
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: An intransitive verb, in the sense of 站立 (Guoyu '起' v 1; Kroll 2015 '起' 1, p. 357; Mathews 1931 '起', p. 71; Rouzer 2007, p. 39; Unihan '起'; XHZD '起' 1, p. 586) -
qǐ
measure word
case; instance; batch; group
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: 起 can be used for occurrences or unpredictable events, such as a case, instance, etc, or for groups of things, such asbatch, group, etc (Guoyu '起' n 2; XHZD '起' 9, p. 587) -
qǐ
verb
to rise; to raise
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '起' 2, p. 357; Unihan '起'; XHZD '起' 2, p. 586) -
qǐ
verb
to grow out of; to bring forth; to emerge
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 发动 (Guoyu '起' v 4; Kroll 2015 '起' 1b, p. 357; XHZD '起' 3, p. 586) -
qǐ
verb
to appoint (to an official post); to take up a post
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 出仕 (Guoyu '起' v 7; Kroll 2015 '起' 2e, p. 357) -
qǐ
verb
to start
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 开始 (Guoyu '起' v 3; Kroll 2015 '起' 1e, p. 357; Mathews 1931 '起', p. 72; Unihan '起'; XHZD '起' 4, p. 586) -
qǐ
verb
to establish; to build
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 起 is synonymous with 建造 or 建立 in this sense (Guoyu '起' v 10; Kroll 2015 '起' 2d, p. 357; XHZD '起' 7, p. 587) -
qǐ
verb
to draft; to draw up (a plan)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 拟订 (Guoyu '起' v 8; XHZD '起' 6, p. 587) -
qǐ
noun
opening sentence; opening verse
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Of a poem (Guoyu '起' n 1; XHZD '起' 4, p. 587) -
qǐ
verb
to get out of bed
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 起床 (Guoyu '起' v 2) -
qǐ
verb
to recover; to heal
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 复甦 (Guoyu '起' v 5; Kroll 2015 '起' 2a, p. 357) -
qǐ
verb
to take out; to extract
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 取出 (Guoyu '起' v 6) -
qǐ
auxiliary verb
marks the beginning of an action
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Placed after a verb as a complement (Guoyu '起' auxiliary verb; Kroll 2015 '起' 4, p. 357; XHZD '起' 11, p. 587) -
qǐ
auxiliary verb
marks the sufficiency of an action
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Placed after a verb as a complement (Guoyu '起' auxiliary verb; XHZD '起' 10, p. 587) -
qǐ
verb
to call back from mourning
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '起' 5, p. 357) -
qǐ
verb
to take place; to occur
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 发生 (XHZD '起' 5, p. 587) -
qǐ
preposition
from
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 从 (Kroll 2015 '起' 3, p. 357; XHZD '起' 8, p. 587) -
qǐ
verb
to conjecture
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '起' 2c, p. 357)
Contained in
- 起皮 (of skin) to peel
- 起动(起動) to awaken and start the day ; to start up (a motor); to launch; to activate ; to put something to use ; excuse me
- 提起精神 to raise one's spirits; to take courage
- 起劲(起勁) energetic
- 起色 a turn for the better; improvement
- 起始 to originate
- 拣起来(揀起來) pick up
- 起扑(起撲) chip shot (golf)
- 范氏起电机(范氏起電機) Van de Graaff generator
- 小起重机(小起重機) jack
- 早睡早起 early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours
- 对不起(對不起) to be sorry
- 烽烟四起(烽煙四起) fire beacons in all four directions; the confusion of war
- 起重 to lift something heavy (using a crane or other mechanical means)
- 听起来(聽起來) to sound like
- 起落装置(起落裝置) aircraft takeoff and landing gear
- 燃起 to ignite; to light; fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
- 看起来(看起來) seemingly; apparently
- 起藳 to create an outline
- 捡起来(撿起來) to pick up
- 起兵 to send troops
- 起轿(起轎) to lift a sedan and set out; to tilt a sedan-chair to allow passengers to get on
- 起诉员(起訴員) prosecutor
- 起作用 to have an effect; to play a role; to be operative; to work; to function
- 起事 to send soldiers to a conflict ; to rise up in revolt ; to handle a matter
- 一哄而起 to rush into action
- 看得起 to show respect for; to think highly of
- 螺丝起子(螺絲起子) screwdriver
- 起飞(起飛) to take off
- 全世界无产者联合起来(全世界無產者聯合起來) Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch! / Workers of the world, unite!
- 想起来(想起來) to remember; to recall
- 拿得起放得下 can pick it up or put it down; to take what comes; to meet gains or losses with equanimity
- 起初 at first; at the outset
- 起来(起來) to stand up ; get out of bed ; beginning or continuing an action
- 起落场(起落場) airstrip
- 起早 to rise early ; very early in the morning
- 起火 to catch fire; to cook; to get angry
- 狼烟四起(狼煙四起) fire beacons on all sides; enveloped in the flames of war
- 撩起 to raise; to lift up (curtains, clothing etc)
- 起床气(起床氣) grumpiness associated with poor sleep; irritability in the morning
- 竖起耳朵(豎起耳朵) to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear
- 四起 to spring up everywhere; from all around
- 起承转合(起承轉合) opening, continuing, turning, and combining
- 伤不起(傷不起) it's just the pits!; so unfair!; unbearable
Also contained in
奋起湖 、 武昌起义 、 六相缘起 、 金田起义 、 明末农民大起义 、 起居舍人 、 秦末农民起义
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五十一 志第四 天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 135
- 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 100
- 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 92
- 卷六十 志第十三 天文十三 Volume 60 Treatises 13: Astronomy 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 79
- 卷六十四 志第十七 五行二下 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Five Elements 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 79
- 卷20 志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 66
- 卷21 志第16 天文下 Volume 21 Treatises 16: Astronomy 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 58
- 卷二百七十九 列傳第一百六十七 呂大器 文安之 樊一蘅 吳炳 王錫袞 堵胤錫 嚴起恒 朱天麟 楊畏知 吳貞毓 Volume 279 Biographies 167: Lu Daqi, Wen Anzhi, Fan Yiheng, Wu Bing, Wang Xigun, Du Yinxi, Yan Qiheng, Zhu Tianlin, Yang Weizhi, Wu Zhenyu History of Ming 明史 — count: 55
- 卷十 列傳第四 蕭穎達 夏侯詳 蔡道恭 楊公則 鄧元起 Volume 10: Xiao Yingda; Xiahou Jiang; Cai Daogong; Yang Gongze; Deng Yuanqi Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 54
- 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 54
Collocations
- 韩起 (韓起) 韓起少於欒黶 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 17
- 观起 (觀起) 楚觀起有寵於令尹子南 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
- 起师 (起師) 遂起師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
- 能起 (能起) 杖而後能起 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 3
- 起军旅 (起軍旅) 以起軍旅 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 地官司徒 第二 2. Office of Earth and Minster of Education and Social Welfare — count: 3
- 尽起 (儘起) 禾則盡起 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 2
- 悉起 (悉起) 晉師悉起 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2
- 士起 (士起) 晉士起將歸時事於宰旅 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2
- 方起 (方起) 疾瘧方起 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 2
- 时起 (時起) 百螣時起 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 2