起
qǐ
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
她每天早上六点起床。
tā měi tiān zǎo shang liù diǎn qǐ chuáng。
She gets up at six o'clock every morning.
警察正在调查这起交通事故。
jǐng chá zhèng zài diào chá zhè qǐ jiāo tōng shì gù。
The police are investigating this traffic accident case.
Words with 起
起士
qǐ shì
(Tw) (loanword) cheese
鼓起
gǔ qǐ
to summon one's (courage, faith etc)
起步
qǐ bù
to set out
起程
qǐ chéng
to set out
此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
起到
qǐ dào
(in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
联想起
lián xiǎng qǐ
to associate
另起炉灶
lìng qǐ lú zào
lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch
后起之秀
hòu qǐ zhī xiù
(idiom) an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation
崛起
jué qǐ
to rise abruptly (to a towering position)
起来
qi lai
(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
起飞
qǐ fēi
(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off