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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
to get out of bed; to get up
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
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
to sue / to bring a lawsuit against / to prosecute
HSK 6
starting point
HSK 6
to make a draft / to draw up (plans)
HSK 7-9
origin / to originate / to come from
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
the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)
HSK 7-9
energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic
HSK 7-9
to set out / to leave
HSK 7-9
to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means
(Tw) (loanword) cheese
(of a medicine, poison, strategy, action etc) to begin to produce its effect; to start working
(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 shrivel
to conceive a scheme / to devise a plan
to name / to christen / to take a name
(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off
to feel respect
initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer) / prices starting from
draftsman / draughtsman
Kia (Motors)
starter button / on switch
beginning and end (dates)
to get up / to leave / to set forth
everyday life / regular pattern of life
to set about (doing sth)
to originate
to explode / to set off an explosion / to detonate
to start up (a motor) / to launch (a computer application)
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)
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 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 promote / to reinstate (in a position or job)
(of a sweater, fabric etc) to pill
to get up in the night to urinate
fluff / lint / to feel nervous
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)
to stand / Stand up!
to vow / to swear an oath
to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
to weigh anchor
to make a draft / to draft (a document)
cheesecake
to start / at first / beginning
variant of 啟運|启运
to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
(dialect) to step aside; Get out of the way!
since childhood
starting price; base fare (for a taxi trip, construction project etc)
aircraft takeoff and landing gear
(aviation) landing gear; undercarriage
lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life
indictment (law) / statement of charges (law)
grumpiness resulting from poor sleep; irritability in the morning
to catch one's eye (usu. used in the negative)
artificial pacemaker
living room / sitting room
tax threshold
(of skin) to peel
to practice divination
to start a story
to get goose bumps
reveille
start and end (dates) / origin and destination
crane
staple remover
to remove manure from a cowshed or pigsty etc (for use as fertilizer) / to muck out
airfield / takeoff and landing strip
plaintiff
clouding agent / emulsifier
electrostatic generator
starting line
erhua variant of 起名
(Tw) (loanword) cheese
cheesecake
erhua variant of 起小
living room
(of authorities, journalists etc) to uncover hidden facts / (HK, Tw) to dox
starting bid; starting price (at an auction)
chip shot (golf)
chipper (golf)

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