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起 is a 10 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as qǐ in the third tone.
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 起
Definitions for 起 pronounced as 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
Vocabulary
The most common words for 起 — see all
- in the same place
- together
- with
- altogether (in total)
- (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
- indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4])
- bringing things together (e.g. after 收拾[shou1 shi5])
- (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment
- also pr. [qi3 lai5]
- to stand up
- to get up
- also pr. [qi3 lai2]
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