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
- 起皱纹(起皺紋) to shrivel
- 不起眼儿(不起眼兒) not remarkable
- 一病不起 to fall gravely ill, never to recover
- 起伏 to move up and down; to rise and fall ; to swell and contract
- 互相勾结在一起(互相勾結在一起) collude together
- 起舞 to dance [for joy]
- 聚在一起 to get together
- 起稿 to write an draft; to make an outline
- 饮食起居(飲食起居) drinking, eating, rising, resting; everyday life
- 举起(舉起) to heave; to lift; to raise up; to uphold
- 仰卧起坐(仰臥起坐) sit-up; curl-up
- 起更 early watch
- 没起子(沒起子) (of a person) useless; pathetic; spineless
- 起讲(起講) to start a story
- 早睡早起 early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours
- 重起炉灶(重起爐竈) to start over from scratch
- 起诉书(起訴書) indictment; statement of charges
- 发起人(發起人) proposer; initiator; founding member
- 承不起来(承不起來) unable to sustain something
- 平地起家 to start from scratch
- 起首 at first
- 平地起风波(平地起風波) trouble appearing from nowhere; unforeseen situation
- 起贤才(起賢才) to promote worthy and talented people
- 闻风而起(聞風而起) respond immediately on hearing news
- 四起 to spring up everywhere; from all around
- 起早 to rise early ; very early in the morning
- 商飙徐起(商飆徐起) the autumn breeze comes gently
- 承当不起(承當不起) unable to support something
- 垂直和短距起落飞机(垂直和短距起落飛機) vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft
- 风起云涌(風起雲湧) to surge like a gathering storm; to grow by leaps and bounds
- 唤起(喚起) to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses); to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
- 起居 everyday life ; to greet a superior ; rising and resting
- 支付得起 to be able to pay; affordable
- 东太平洋隆起(東太平洋隆起) East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
- 翩翩起舞 (to start) dancing lightly and gracefully
- 起敬 to display respect
- 起名儿(起名兒) to give a name
- 提起 to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise
- 起义(起義) to uprise in rebellion for justice ; to establish an idea [writing]
- 撩起 to raise; to lift up (curtains, clothing etc)
- 站起 to get up on hind legs (especially of horse); to stand; to spring up
- 起誓 to take a vow; to swear an oath
- 起作用 to have an effect; to play a role; to be operative; to work; to function
- 罐头起子(罐頭起子) can opener
- 竖起耳朵(豎起耳朵) to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear
- 小起重机(小起重機) jack
- 禁不起 to be unable to stand
- 挂起(掛起) to hang up (a picture etc); to hoist up (a flag); (computing) to suspend (a process); (of a system) to hang; pending (operation)
- 起笔(起筆) the start of a stroke
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- 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
- 卷六十四 志第十七 五行二下 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Five Elements 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 79
- 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
- 宾起 (賓起) 賓起 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — 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
- 起不堪 (起不堪) 起不堪也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — 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