起
HSK 1freq #174
Meanings
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- 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.starting from (a time, place, price etc)
- 14.classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
- 15.classifier for groups: batch, group
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Wiktionary
- 1.to rise; to go up; to move up
- 2.to stand up; to rise
- 3.to break out; to grow
- 4.to start; to begin; to become; to take
- 5.to initiate; to instigate; to trigger off
- 6.to construct; to build
- 7.to prepare; to draw up; to come up with
- 8.to extract; to pull out; to remove
- 9.to board; to get on (a vehicle)
- 10.from
- 11.and above; at least; from
- 12.particle placed after a verb to indicate upward movement; ... up
- 13.particle placed after a verb to indicate the beginning of a continued action
- 14.up to a certain standard; to be able to stand or afford
- 15.particle placed after a verb to indicate the involvement of a person or thing in the action
- 16.particle placed after a verb to indicate the completion of an action
- 17.Classifier for incidents and legal cases.
- 18.Classifier for batches or groups.
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰɯʔ): semantic 走 + phonetic 巳 (OC *ljɯʔ, *lɯs). Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kyi (“to lift, raise, awake”); cognate with Burmese ချီ (hkyi, “to lift”) (STEDT).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
請包起來。
Please wrap it up.
船起了火。
The ship went up in flames.
我起得早。
I woke up early.
我负担不起。
I can't afford it.
他跑了起來。
He began to run.
外面起霧了。
It's foggy out.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
一哄而起一早起一早起了一波未平，一波又起一病不起一起一躍而起一跃而起一部二十四史，不知從何說起一部二十四史，不知从何说起一饋十起一馈十起不知起倒不識起倒不识起倒不起不起之病不起眼不起訴處分不起诉处分並起并起了不起事不關己，高高掛起 / 事不关己，高高挂起仄起體仄起体代起倔起俱起健起
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Related words
起来 to stand up; to get up起来 (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state一起 (in) the same place引起 to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse想起 to recall起床 to get out of bed; to get up起诉 to sue提起 to mention; to bring up起码 at the minimum; at the very least起飞 (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off发起 to originate响起 (of a sound) to come forth