起来

起來

qǐ lai

HSK 1freq #172

Meanings

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qǐ lai

1.to stand up; to get up
2.also pr. [qi3lai2]

qi lai

1.(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
2.indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhàn])
3.indicating completion
4.(after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kàn]) expressing preliminary judgment
5.also pr. [qi3lai5]

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Wiktionary

1.to rise up; to get up
2.to get up; to get out of bed
3.placed after a verb to indicate that the action has started
4.placed after a verb to form a copular verb, expressing evaluation based on initial perception
5.to go up
6.to go north

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Stroke order

Components

起走己

来未丷

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Characters

Example sentences

手举起来。
Put your hands up.
手举起来。
Raise your hands.
手举起来。
Put your hands up!
把手举起来！
Put your hands up!
汤姆，快起来！
Tom, wake up.
我已经起来了。
I'm up.

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Derived terms

全世界無產者，聯合起來 / 全世界无产者，联合起来看起來看起来站起來站起来聽起來听起来說起來说起来

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Related words

看起来 seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be 算起来 to calculate 站起来 to stand up 听起来 to sound like 拼起来 to put together 卯起来 (coll.) to get enthusiastic; to put in all one's energy 想起来 to remember 铆起来 variant of 卯起来[mǎo qǐ lai]好起来 to get better 马尾穿豆腐，提不起来 lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it