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起
qǐ
1.
to rise
2.
to raise
3.
to get up
4.
to set out
5.
to start
6.
to appear
7.
to launch
8.
to initiate (action)
9.
to draft
10.
to establish
11.
to get (from a depot or counter)
12.
verb suffix, to start
13.
(before place or time) starting from
14.
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
15.
classifier for groups: batch, group
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✏️ 10 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
一起
yīqǐ
in the same place
再起
zàiqǐ
to arise again
凸起
tūqǐ
convex
勃起
bóqǐ
erection
勾起
gōuqǐ
to evoke
升起
shēngqǐ
to raise
卷起
juǎnqǐ
to roll up
吊起
diàoqǐ
to hoist
吴起
WúQǐ
Wu Qi (440-381 BC), military leader and politician of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), author of Wuzi [[吳子|吴子<Wúzǐ>]], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China [[武經七書|武经七书<WǔjīngQīshū>]]
吴起
Wúqǐ
Wuqi county in Yan'an [[延安<Yánān>]], Shaanxi
唤起
huànqǐ
to waken (to action)
四起
sìqǐ
to spring up everywhere
围起
wéiqǐ
to surround
奋起
fènqǐ
to rise vigorously
崛起
juéqǐ
to rise abruptly (to a towering position)
引起
yǐnqǐ
to give rise to
想起
xiǎngqǐ
to recall
惹起
rěqǐ
provoke, incite
抬起
táiqǐ
to lift up
拎起
līnqǐ
to pick up (from the ground with one's hands)
Example Sentences (6)
你怎么突然关心起体育来了？
Nǐ zěnme túrán guānxīn qǐ tǐyù lái le?
Why did you suddenly start caring about sports?
Text 2
使用正确的方法，我们做起事来能“事半功倍”，也就是说，能节约时间，用较少的力气，取得更好的效果。
Shǐyòng zhèngquè de fāngfǎ, wǒmen zuò qǐ shì lái néng "shìbàn gōngbèi", yě jiù shì shuō, néng jiéyuē shíjiān, yòng jiào shǎo de lìqi, qǔdé gèng hǎo de xiàoguǒ.
By using the right methods, we can get "twice the result with half the effort"; that is, we can save time, use less effort, and achieve better results.
Text 5
我当然知道宾馆里有。你不是一直说要保护环境吗？现在就从身边的小事做起吧。
Wǒ dāngrán zhīdào bīnguǎn lǐ yǒu. Nǐ bú shì yìzhí shuō yào bǎohù huánjìng ma? Xiànzài jiù cóng shēnbiān de xiǎoshì zuòqǐ ba.
Of course I know there are some in the hotel. Haven't you always said we should protect the environment? Let's start now with the small things around us.
Text 1
所以不要把什么事情都推到“明天”，一切从现在做起。
Suǒyǐ bù yào bǎ shénme shìqíng dōu tuī dào "míngtiān", yīqiè cóng xiànzài zuòqǐ.
So don't put everything off until "tomorrow"; start from now.
Text 4
不过表扬也是一门艺术，表扬千万不要太多，过多的表扬可能会给孩子带来压力。不仅起不到鼓励的作用，还可能让孩子怀疑自己的能力，变得没有信心。
Bùguò biǎoyáng yě shì yì mén yìshù, biǎoyáng qiānwàn bú yào tài duō, guò duō de biǎoyáng kěnéng huì gěi háizi dàilái yālì. Bùjǐn qǐ bú dào gǔlì de zuòyòng, hái kěnéng ràng háizi huáiyí zìjǐ de nénglì, biàn de méiyǒu xìnxīn.
But praise is also an art, and you must not give too much; excessive praise may put pressure on children. Not only does it fail to encourage, it may also make children doubt their own abilities and lose confidence.
Text 3
从明天起，我决定每天去长跑。
Cóng míngtiān qǐ, wǒ juédìng měitiān qù chángpǎo.
Starting tomorrow, I have decided to go long-distance running every day.
Text 3
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 74
- Word Frequency Rank
- 117 of 84,292