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

• 起早贪黑(起早貪黑) to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
• 算起来(算起來) to calculate; to estimate; in total; all told; if you think about it
• 撩起 to raise; to lift up (curtains, clothing etc)
• 揭竿起乱(揭竿起亂) to start a rebellion
• 起讫(起訖) beginning and end (dates)
• 想起 to recall; to think of; to call to mind
• 卷起(捲起) to roll up; to curl up; (of dust etc) to swirl up
• 一哄而起 to rush into action
• 起飞弹射(起飛彈射) takeoff catapult (on aircraft carrier)
• 起种(起種) starter (for sourdough breadmaking)
• 起士 cheese
• 倔起 to arise
• 过早起爆(過早起爆) preinitiation
• 一波未平，一波又起 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises; a new problem arises before the old is solved; many twists and turns to a story
• 起航 (of a ship) to set sail; (of an aeroplane) to take off
• 起小儿(起小兒) since childhood
• 起诉员(起訴員) prosecutor
• 小起重机(小起重機) jack
• 起数(起數) to investigate a case
• 东太平洋隆起(東太平洋隆起) East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
• 看得起 to show respect for; to think highly of
• 禁不起 to be unable to stand
• 高潮迭起 each new high point replaced by another; (of a movie etc) one climax after another
• 惹起 to provoke
• 壮起胆子(壯起膽子) to proceed with even though scared; to put on a brave face
• 共同起源 common descent
• 投袂而起 to shake one's sleeves and rise; to get excited and move to action
• 起草 to draft
• 一起 together ; a batch ; a case
• 发起(發起) to originate; to initiate; to start; to give rise to
• 勃起功能障碍(勃起功能障礙) erectile dysfunction (ED)
• 后院起火(後院起火) a fire in one's backyard; conflict close to home
• 了不起 amazing; terrific; extraordinary
• 起租 to begin receiving rent
• 起讲(起講) to start a story
• 起轿(起轎) to lift a sedan and set out; to tilt a sedan-chair to allow passengers to get on
• 万事起头难(萬事起頭難) the first step is the hardest
• 起钉器(起釘器) staple remover
• 此起彼伏 arising here, falling there; in quick succession
• 站起 to get up on hind legs (especially of horse); to stand; to spring up
• 四起 to spring up everywhere; from all around
• 想起来(想起來) to remember; to recall
• 起贤才(起賢才) to promote worthy and talented people
• 夹起尾巴(夾起尾巴) to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to back down; in a humiliating situation
• 起课(起課) to divine
• 举起(舉起) to heave; to lift; to raise up; to uphold
• 没起子(沒起子) (of a person) useless; pathetic; spineless

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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
• 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 54
• 卷105之四 天象志一之四 Volume 105d Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 4 Book of Wei 魏書 — 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
• 载起 (載起) 載起載行 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧沔水 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - Mian Shui — count: 2
• 毋起 (毋起) 毋起土功 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — 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
• 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
• 起孝 (起孝) 起敬起孝 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family — count: 2