to get up; to rise; to start

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 75th character
Radical ⾛ (156.3)
Strokes 10
Index # 1789

Definitions

起 qǐ
  1. 1. to get up
  2. 2. to rise
  3. 3. to start
  4. 4. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  5. 5. to set out
  6. 6. to initiate (action)
  7. 7. to raise
  8. 8. to launch
  9. 9. to appear
  10. 10. to establish
  11. 11. to draft
  12. 12. to get (from a depot or counter)
  13. 13. verb suffix, to start
  14. 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15. classifier for groups: batch, group

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Words containing 起

Word Meaning
to form a long line (i.e. of people waiting)
to form a long line (i.e. of people waiting)
(of a system) to hang; pending (operation)
(of a system) to hang; pending (operation)
to pick up
to pick up
preinitiation; "fizzle" (atomic bomb misfire)
to raise a charge; to institute proceedings; to sue
to raise a charge; to institute proceedings; to sue
to raise one's spirits; to take courage
to perk up; to raise one's head
hoisted by one's own petard
hoisted by one's own petard
to lift up (curtains, clothing etc); to raise
to be unable to pay; unaffordable
to be able to pay; affordable
early to bed, early to rise; to keep early hours
East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
East Pacific Rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California to Antarctica)
to make a comeback; to rise again
to rise and fall in succession (idiom)
Wuchang Uprising, 1911 revolt ending Qing
1911 Wuchang Uprising that ended Qing rule
seething discontent (idiom); widespread popular grievances