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起
Mandarin: qi3
Definitions
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 (before place or time) starting from
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
  16. 16 to stand up
  17. 17 to go up
  18. 18 to happen
  19. 19 to take place
  20. 20 to uncover
  21. 21 # adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
起
[[to build; to increase]] | héi choi 起菜 — [to serve dishes] to swear; to
Words containing 起
起底
白手起家
to start from scratch; to build from nothing
由而家起
from now on; from this moment onwards [colloquial]
起誓
to swear; to vow
鼓起泡腮
miserable | distressed | literally: to blow out one's cheek; describes when some
由低做起
start from a low position
睇得起
(verb) trust on; count on; bet on
帶起
to help something or someone to become successful [colloquial]
升起
hoist, raise
睇起上嚟
seems; appears
做起
to finish making (clothing) in time
起上嚟
(after a verb) indicating an upward movement; (after a verb or adjective) indica
起字容
to reveal something about someone (usually big secrets); to dig up some informat
繑起
obstacle; to put someone in a difficult position
掖起
to roll up (e.g., as in trouser cuffs)
發起
[1] to initiate; to sponsor [2] to start; to launch
起頭
[adv] at first; in the beginning; originally; [vo] start; originate
扣起來
to button up, arrest
坐言起行
to put words into action; to match one's words with action
挑起
to stir up; to incite
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