rise, stand up; go up; begin

DEFINITIONS

起 qǐ
  • to rise
  • to raise
  • to get up
  • to set out
  • to start
  • to appear
  • to launch
  • to initiate (action)
  • to draft
  • to establish
  • to get (from a depot or counter)
  • verb suffix, to start
  • starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  • classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  • classifier for groups: batch, group

STROKES

WORDS

后院火 hòu yuàn qǐ huǒ a fire in one's backyard; conflict close to home
看得 kàn de qǐ to show respect for; to think highly of
亚 qǐ yà Kia (Motors)
早贪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
头 qǐ tóu to start; at first; beginning
一病不 yī bìng bù qǐ to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
yǒng qǐ to well up; to boil out; to bubble forth; to spurt
yuán qǐ origin
敬 qǐ jìng to feel respect
dié qǐ continuously arising; to arise repeatedly
拍案而 pāi àn ér qǐ lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether; unable to take it any more
早摸黑 qǐ zǎo mō hēi see 起早貪黑|起早贪黑[qi3 zao3 tan1 hei1]
稿 qǐ gǎo to make a draft; to draft (a document)
运 qǐ yùn variant of 啟運|启运[qi3 yun4]
农民义 nóng mín qǐ yì peasant revolt
云涌 fēng qǐ yún yǒng to surge like a gathering storm (idiom); to grow by leaps and bounds
一哄而 yī hōng ér qǐ (of a group of people) to rush into action
一波未平,一波又 yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved; many twists and turns to a story; one thing after another
一躍而 yī yuè ér qǐ to jump up suddenly; to bound up; to rise up in one bound
一部二十四史,不知从何说 yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
一部二十四史,不知從何說 yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.
眼儿 bù qǐ yǎn r erhua variant of 不起眼[bu4 qi3 yan3]
眼兒 bù qǐ yǎn r erhua variant of 不起眼[bu4 qi3 yan3]
事不关己,高高挂 shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
事不關己,高高掛 shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)