起 qǐ

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. 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)
11. 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)
12. 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)
13. 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)
14. 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)
15. qǐ verb to call back from mourning
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '起' 5, p. 357)
16. 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)
17. 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)
18. qǐ verb to conjecture
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '起' 2c, p. 357)

Contained in

• 起飞弹射(起飛彈射) takeoff catapult (on aircraft carrier)
• 起磁 magnetization; to magnetize
• 泛起 to appear; to emerge; to surface
• 挑起 to provoke; to stir up; to incite
• 大会报告起草人(大會報告起草人) rapporteur
• 吊起 to hoist
• 起司蛋糕 cheesecake
• 无风起浪(無風起浪) waves arising with no wind; matters arising without a reason
• 起藳 to create an outline
• 扬起(揚起) to raise one's head; to perk up
• 起头(起頭) to start; at first; in the beginning ; to take the lead ; formerly
• 重起炉灶(重起爐竈) to start over from scratch
• 没起子(沒起子) (of a person) useless; pathetic; spineless
• 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
• 烽火四起 the fire of war in all four directions; the confusion of war
• 起重 to lift something heavy (using a crane or other mechanical means)
• 满嘴起疱(滿嘴起皰) to have lips covered in blisters
• 起轿(起轎) to lift a sedan and set out; to tilt a sedan-chair to allow passengers to get on
• 奋起(奮起) to rise vigorously; a spirited start
• 早睡早起 early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours
• 此起彼落 arising here, falling there; in quick succession
• 翩翩起舞 (to start) dancing lightly and gracefully
• 拼起来(拼起來) to put together
• 振衰起敝 to provide care to a patient, the cause of harm must be removed
• 扶不起的阿斗 weak and inept person; hopeless case
• 四起 to spring up everywhere; from all around
• 起床号(起床號) reveille
• 过早起爆(過早起爆) preinitiation
• 仰卧起坐(仰臥起坐) sit-up; curl-up
• 竖起大拇指(豎起大拇指) to give a thumbs-up; to express one's approval
• 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)
• 提起精神 to raise one's spirits; to take courage
• 承当不起(承當不起) unable to support something
• 惹起 to provoke
• 抬起 to lift; to raise
• 零起点(零起點) from zero; from scratch; beginners' (course); for beginners
• 起首 at first
• 竖起(豎起) to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears); to raise (one's eyebrows); to stick up (one's thumb); to turn up (one's collar); (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
• 起租 to begin receiving rent
• 不起眼 unremarkable; nothing out of the ordinary
• 起居室 living quarters
• 起誓 to take a vow; to swear an oath
• 起皮 (of skin) to peel
• 起劲(起勁) energetic
• 全世界人民团结起来(全世界人民團結起來) people of the world unite
• 起子 baking soda ; screwdriver ; bottle opener
• 蜂起 to swarm; to rise in masses
• 万事起头难(萬事起頭難) the first step is the hardest
• 站起来(站起來) to stand up

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黄巢起义 、 黄花岗起义

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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 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
• 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
• 能起 (能起) 杖而後能起 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 3
• 起羞 (起羞) 惟口起羞 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命中（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue II (forged) — 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
• 数起 (數起) 軍旅數起 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧雄雉 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Xiong Zhi — count: 2
• 起敬起 (起敬起) 起敬起孝 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family — 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