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to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
🔤 Pictophonetic: 走 (walk) provides meaning, 己 provides pronunciation
HSK 1 ✏️ 10 strokes Very Common • Top 1%

Words Using 起 (267)

对不起
duìbuqǐ
HSK 1
unworthy / to let down / I'm sorry / excuse me / pardon me / if you please / sorry? (please repeat)
一起
yīqǐ
HSK 2
in the same place / together / with / altogether (in total)
起床
qǐchuáng
HSK 2
to get out of bed / to get up
起来
qǐlai
HSK 3
to stand up / to get up
起来
qilai
HSK 3
(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after [[站<zhàn>]]) / bringing things together (e.g. after [[收拾<shōushi>]]) / (after a perception verb, e.g. [[看<kàn>]]) expressing preliminary judgement
起飞
qǐfēi
HSK 3
(of an aircraft) to take off
引起
yǐnqǐ
HSK 4
to give rise to / to lead to / to cause / to arouse
了不起
liǎobuqǐ
HSK 5
amazing / terrific / extraordinary
看不起
kànbuqǐ
HSK 5
to look down upon / to despise
起初
qǐchū
HSK 6
originally / at first / at the outset
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