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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
origin / to originate / to come from
HSK 7-9
(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 make a draft / to draw up (plans)
HSK 7-9
the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)
HSK 7-9
to start / at first / beginning
lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life
at the minimum; at the very least
HSK 5
to sue / to bring a lawsuit against / to prosecute
HSK 6
to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
starting point
HSK 6
crane
baking soda (used to leaven bread) / screwdriver / bottle opener
living room
to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs
HSK 7-9
cause / a factor (leading to an effect)
tax threshold
to set out / to leave
HSK 7-9
to get up in the night to urinate
(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 start running / the start of a race
everyday life / regular pattern of life
living room / sitting room
indictment (law) / statement of charges (law)
energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic
HSK 7-9
to get up / to leave / to set forth
at first; in the beginning
plaintiff
a turn for the better / to pick up / to improve
to set out / to set in motion / the start (of some activity)
HSK 7-9
(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off
cheesecake
to stand / Stand up!
prosecutor
Kia (Motors)
originally; at first; at the outset
HSK 7-9
to start out by / to grow an enterprise beginning with / to begin one's career by
to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
to rise and fall / takeoff and landing / ups and downs
airfield / takeoff and landing strip
clouding agent / emulsifier
grumpiness resulting from poor sleep; irritability in the morning
to vow / to swear an oath
(of a sweater, fabric etc) to pill
artificial pacemaker
(aviation) landing gear; undercarriage
(athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump) / (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level)
draftsman / draughtsman
(of a medicine, poison, strategy, action etc) to begin to produce its effect; to start working
to catch one's eye (usu. used in the negative)
claw hammer
starter (for sourdough breadmaking)
(of authorities, journalists etc) to uncover hidden facts / (HK, Tw) to dox
starting salary
staple remover
to heckle / rowdy jeering / to create a disturbance
to promote / to reinstate (in a position or job)
to conceive a scheme / to devise a plan
to shrivel
to start a story
to explode / to set off an explosion / to detonate
initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer) / prices starting from
(of skin) to peel
to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means
fluff / lint / to feel nervous
starter button / on switch
to originate
to catch fire / to cook / to get angry
uprising / insurrection / revolt
to weigh anchor
reveille
to get goose bumps
to set about (doing sth)
chipper (golf)
to feel respect
to make a draft / to draft (a document)
takeoff catapult (on aircraft carrier)
beginning and end (dates)
to name / to christen / to take a name
hoist pulley
to start up (a motor) / to launch (a computer application)
aircraft takeoff and landing gear
starting bid; starting price (at an auction)
motive / purpose / (sth) being the motive or purpose
to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
to bubble / to foam / to blister / to sprout boils (on one's body) / sparkling (wine etc)
to emit bubbles / to bubble / to foam (with rage) / to seethe
cheesecake
to remove manure from a cowshed or pigsty etc (for use as fertilizer) / to muck out
(of aircraft) to take off and land
chip shot (golf)
since childhood
to practice divination
(Tw) (loanword) cheese
electrostatic generator
magnetization / to magnetize
starting price; base fare (for a taxi trip, construction project etc)

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