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  *起* | 起* | *起
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
HSK 1
to stand up; to get up / also pr. [qi3lai2]
HSK 1
I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down; to disappoint
HSK 1
to get out of bed; to get up
HSK 1
(in) the same place / together; in company (with) / altogether; in total / an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
HSK 1
(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
HSK 2
to recall / to think of / to call to mind
HSK 2
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
HSK 3
amazing / terrific / extraordinary
HSK 4
to look down upon / to despise
HSK 4
to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
HSK 4
to mention; to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)
HSK 5
at the minimum; at the very least
HSK 5
(in an expression of the form 起到 + … + 作用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
HSK 5
starting point
HSK 6
to sue / to bring a lawsuit against / to prosecute
HSK 6
to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)
HSK 6
to show respect for / to think highly of
HSK 6
to make a draft / to draw up (plans)
HSK 7-9
to lift; to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
HSK 7-9
origin / to originate / to come from
HSK 7-9
to waken (to action) / to rouse (the masses) / to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
HSK 7-9
to rise / to spring up / to burgeon / to be aroused / to come into vogue
HSK 7-9
to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)
HSK 7-9
originally; at first; at the outset
HSK 7-9
to set out / to set in motion / the start (of some activity)
HSK 7-9
to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs
HSK 7-9
to look down upon; to hold in contempt
HSK 7-9
the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)
HSK 7-9
continuously arising / to arise repeatedly
HSK 7-9
to arouse / to evoke / to cause / to stir up
HSK 7-9
energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic
HSK 7-9
compared with
HSK 7-9
to provoke / to stir up / to incite
HSK 7-9
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
HSK 7-9
not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of
HSK 7-9
(of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off
HSK 7-9
to mention / to speak of / to talk about
HSK 7-9
unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary
HSK 7-9
proposer / initiator / founding member
HSK 7-9
cannot afford / can't afford buying
HSK 7-9
to set out / to leave
HSK 7-9
to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means
cheese (loanword) (Tw)
to hoist
to originate
(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after ) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. ) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5]
to name / to christen / to take a name
to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer) / prices starting from
to originate / origin; genesis / account of the origins of an endeavor
(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off
Kia (Motors)
to be on an equal footing
to get up / to leave / to set forth
everyday life / regular pattern of life
to raise / to hoist / to rise
to set about (doing sth)
to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
to rise vigorously / a spirited start
erection / to have an erection
convex / protruding / to protrude / to bulge / to buckle upwards
to explode / to set off an explosion / to detonate
to appear suddenly / projection / bit sticking out
to get up early
to start up (a motor) / to launch (a computer application)
to be able to withstand / to be able to endure
to bubble / to foam / to blister / to sprout boils (on one's body) / sparkling (wine etc)
to start out by / to grow an enterprise beginning with / to begin one's career by
cause / a factor (leading to an effect)
to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds
motive / purpose / (sth) being the motive or purpose
to catch fire / to cook / to get angry
starting salary
to start running / the start of a race
to raise / to lift up (curtains, clothing etc)
to start practicing at the first crow of the cock (idiom) / to be diligent in one's studies
to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up
to heave / to lift / to raise up / to uphold
(of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom) / volatile / significant ups and downs / roller coaster
to heckle / rowdy jeering / to create a disturbance
a turn for the better / to pick up / to improve
to rise and fall / takeoff and landing / ups and downs
uprising / insurrection / revolt
at first; in the beginning
to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
to feel deep veneration for sb (idiom)
to promote / to reinstate (in a position or job)
to mention / to bring up (a subject) / with regard to / as for
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
to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
(of a sweater, fabric etc) to pill
to get up in the night to urinate
fluff / lint / to feel nervous
to conceive a scheme / to devise a plan
to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom)
can't stand it / to be unable to bear / to be unable to resist
beginning and end (dates)
baking soda (used to leaven bread) / screwdriver / bottle opener
(athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump) / (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level)

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