xiān qǐ
掀起 (xiān qǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “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)”.
Meanings
- 1to lift; to raise (a lid etc)
- 2(of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc)
- 3(fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
- Part of speech
- verb
Characters in 掀起
Related words
起来to stand up; to get up起来(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state一起(in) the same place对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon起to rise想起to recall起诉to sue引起to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse了不起amazing起码at the minimum; at the very least起床to get out of bed; to get up看起来seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be