qǐ
起 (qǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to rise; to raise; to get up”.
Meanings
- 1to rise
- 2to raise
- 3to get up
- 4to set out
- 5to start
- 6to appear
- 7to launch
- 8to initiate (action)
- 9to draft
- 10to establish
- 11to get (from a depot or counter)
- 12verb suffix, to start
- 13starting from (a time, place, price etc)
- 14classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
- 15classifier for groups: batch, group
- Part of speech
- verb
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起飞(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off