起来 (起來) qǐlai

1. qǐlai verb to stand up
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '起來'; Guoyu '起來' 1; Mathews 1931 '起來', p. 71)
2. qǐlai verb get out of bed
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '起來'; Guoyu '起來' 2; Mathews 1931 '起來', p. 71)
3. qǐlai verb beginning or continuing an action
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Often functions as a compound complement of direction (CC-CEDICT '起來'; Guoyu '起來' 3; Mathews 1931 '起來', p. 71)

Contained in

• 站起来(站起來) to stand up
• 拣起来(揀起來) pick up
• 听起来(聽起來) to sound like
• 想起来(想起來) to remember; to recall
• 撑起来(撐起來) to support in standing up
• 马尾穿豆腐，提不起来(馬尾穿豆腐，提不起來) like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it; let's not talk of this (pun on 提)
• 承不起来(承不起來) unable to sustain something
• 看起来(看起來) seemingly; apparently
• 拼起来(拼起來) to put together
• 算起来(算起來) to calculate; to estimate; in total; all told; if you think about it
• 及早起来(及早起來) to wake up early
• 好起来(好起來) to get better; to improve; to get well
• 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!
• 捡起来(撿起來) to pick up
• 全世界人民团结起来(全世界人民團結起來) people of the world unite
• 铆起来(鉚起來) to get enthusiastic; to put in all one's energy

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 109 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 20
• 第二回 Chapter 101 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 19
• 第二回 Chapter 77 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 18
• 第二回 Chapter 82 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
• 第二回 Chapter 119 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17
• 第二回 Chapter 75 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 16
• 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 16
• 第四十五回 Chapter 45 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 15
• 第三回 Chapter 3 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 15
• 第二回 Chapter 29 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 14

Collocations

• 笑起来 (笑起來) 那婆子倒笑起來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十一回 Chapter 21 — count: 6
• 寻思起来 (尋思起來) 弟子尋思起來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第六回 Chapter 6 — count: 5
• 跳起来 (跳起來) 阮小七跳起來道 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十五回 Chapter 15 — count: 5
• 韩起来 (韓起來) 晉侯使韓起來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 起来道 (起來道) 就地也拿了一條棒起來道 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第九回 Chapter 9 — count: 4
• 起来聘 (起來聘) 晉侯使韓起來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 天明起来 (天明起來) 次日天明起來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十回 Chapter 10 — count: 4
• 起来年 (起來年) 宜起來年正月已後 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷十八上 本紀第十八上: 武宗 Volume 18 Annals 18: Wuzong — count: 4
• 五更起来 (五更起來) 次早五更起來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 3
• 慌忙起来 (慌忙起來) 七個人慌忙起來迎接 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十九回 Chapter 19 — count: 3