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

• 翘起(翹起) to stick up; to point
• 起名儿(起名兒) to give a name
• 买不起(買不起) cannot afford; can't afford buying
• 起稿 to write an draft; to make an outline
• 起课(起課) to divine
• 风起潮涌(風起潮湧) wind rises, tide bubbles up; turbulent times; violent development
• 起讫(起訖) beginning and end (dates)
• 输不起(輸不起) to take defeat with bad grace; to be a sore loser; cannot afford to lose
• 起居室 living quarters
• 拣起来(揀起來) pick up
• 起念 to bring to mind
• 白手起家 to build up from nothing; to start from scratch
• 竖起耳朵(豎起耳朵) to prick up one's ears; to strain to hear
• 范氏起电机(范氏起電機) Van de Graaff generator
• 起扑杆(起撲桿) chipper (golf)
• 起用 to reinstate (in a position or job) ; to promote
• 起子 baking soda ; screwdriver ; bottle opener
• 想起来(想起來) to remember; to recall
• 此起彼伏 arising here, falling there; in quick succession
• 起飞(起飛) to take off
• 起皱纹(起皺紋) to shrivel
• 起哄 to boo and hoot
• 扬起(揚起) to raise one's head; to perk up
• 见财起意(見財起意) seeing wealth stirs desire
• 承不起来(承不起來) unable to sustain something
• 起首 at first
• 迭起 continuously arising; to arise repeatedly
• 互相勾结在一起(互相勾結在一起) collude together
• 经得起(經得起) to be able to withstand
• 过早起爆(過早起爆) preinitiation
• 不起眼 unremarkable; nothing out of the ordinary
• 发起人(發起人) proposer; initiator; founding member
• 起飞弹射(起飛彈射) takeoff catapult (on aircraft carrier)
• 提起 to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise
• 起模范(起模範) to set an example
• 起诉权(起訴權) the right to sue
• 雄起 (cry of encouragement); to arise; to stand up; to gain the ascendancy; Come on!
• 勾起 to evoke; to induce; to call to mind; to pick up with a hook
• 提起公诉(提起公訴) to raise a charge; to sue; to institute proceedings
• 惹起 to provoke
• 起锚(起錨) to raise anchor
• 隆起 to bulge; to rise; to swell
• 饮食起居(飲食起居) drinking, eating, rising, resting; everyday life
• 此起彼落 arising here, falling there; in quick succession
• 卷起(捲起) to roll up; to curl up; (of dust etc) to swirl up
• 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
• 起家 to start out by; to grow an enterprise beginning with; to begin one's career by ; to raise the status of one's family through obtaining an official post

Also contained in

黄巾起义 、 黄巢起义 、 女起解 、 吴起县

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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105之四 天象志一之四 Volume 105d Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 4 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 54
• 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

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
• 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
• 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
• 起敬起 (起敬起) 起敬起孝 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《內則》 The Pattern of the Family — count: 2
• 君起 (君起) 衛石圃逐其君起 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 2
• 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