起 qǐ — to rise, to get up, to stand up; to begin; to raise; a measure word for cases or incidents
qǐ (third tone, dipping)
to rise, to get up, to stand up; to begin; to raise; a measure word for cases or incidents
10 strokesRadical 走Frequency #64
Pinyin
- qǐ (third tone, dipping)
to rise, to get up, to stand up; to begin; to raise; a measure word for cases or incidents
Character breakdown
Ideographic description
⿺走己The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.
- 走meaning partTo walk, to set off: a figure in motion above a footprint.
- 己sound partno entry yet己 jǐ for the sound.
Mnemonic
Walking 走 with 己 for the sound: getting up off the ground and moving. Its real work in modern Chinese is as a complement stuck on the end of other verbs. 起来 means upward — 站起来 stand up, 想起来 to call to mind. And 买不起 means not being able to afford something: the price is more than you can lift.
A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.
Words containing 起
- 起qǐ (third tone, dipping)to rise
- 起来起來qǐlái (third tone, dipping)to get up, to stand up, to rise
- 一起yìqǐ (fourth tone, falling)together
- 引起yǐnqǐ (third tone, dipping)to give rise to, to cause, to trigger
- 想起xiǎng (third tone, dipping) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to recall
- 对不起對不起duìbuqǐ (fourth tone, falling)sorry; excuse me
- 起床qǐchuáng (third tone, dipping)to get up, to get out of bed
- 看起来看起來kàn (fourth tone, falling) qǐ (third tone, dipping) lai (neutral tone)seemingly
- 起诉起訴qǐ (third tone, dipping) sù (fourth tone, falling)to sue
- 起飞起飛qǐfēi (third tone, dipping)to take off (of an aircraft)
- 提起tí (second tone, rising) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to mention
- 起码起碼qǐ (third tone, dipping) mǎ (third tone, dipping)at the minimum
- 发起發起fā (first tone, high and level) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to originate
- 了不起liǎo (third tone, dipping) bu (neutral tone) qǐ (third tone, dipping)amazing
- 响起響起xiǎng (third tone, dipping) qǐ (third tone, dipping)(of a sound) to come forth
- 起点起點qǐ (third tone, dipping) diǎn (third tone, dipping)starting point
- 掀起xiān (first tone, high and level) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to lift
- 起步qǐ (third tone, dipping) bù (fourth tone, falling)to set out
- 起初qǐ (third tone, dipping) chū (first tone, high and level)originally
- 崛起jué (second tone, rising) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to rise abruptly (to a towering position)
- 起草qǐ (third tone, dipping) cǎo (third tone, dipping)draft (a bill)
- 起伏qǐ (third tone, dipping) fú (second tone, rising)to move up and down
- 挑起tiǎo (third tone, dipping) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to provoke
- 激起jī (first tone, high and level) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to arouse
- 起源qǐ (third tone, dipping) yuán (second tone, rising)origin
- 兴起興起xīng (first tone, high and level) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to rise
- 起义起義qǐ (third tone, dipping) yì (fourth tone, falling)uprising
- 比起bǐ (third tone, dipping) qǐ (third tone, dipping)compared with
- 买不起買不起mǎi (third tone, dipping) bu (neutral tone) qǐ (third tone, dipping)cannot afford
- 看不起kàn (fourth tone, falling) bu (neutral tone) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to look down upon
- 唤起喚起huàn (fourth tone, falling) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to waken (to action)
- 不起眼bù (fourth tone, falling) qǐ (third tone, dipping) yǎn (third tone, dipping)unremarkable
- 瞧不起qiáo (second tone, rising) bù (fourth tone, falling) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to look down upon; to hold in contempt
- 对得起對得起duì (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) qǐ (third tone, dipping)not to let sb down
- 发起人發起人fā (first tone, high and level) qǐ (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising)proposer
- 起跑线起跑線qǐ (third tone, dipping) pǎo (third tone, dipping) xiàn (fourth tone, falling)the starting line (of a race)
- 谈起談起tán (second tone, rising) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to mention
- 起劲起勁qǐ (third tone, dipping) jìn (fourth tone, falling)energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic
- 起到qǐ (third tone, dipping) dào (fourth tone, falling)(in an expression of the form 起到…用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
- 起哄起鬨qǐ (third tone, dipping) hòng (fourth tone, falling)to heckle
- 起程qǐ (third tone, dipping) chéng (second tone, rising)to set out
- 此起彼伏cǐ (third tone, dipping) qǐ (third tone, dipping) bǐ (third tone, dipping) fú (second tone, rising)up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
- 看得起kàn (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) qǐ (third tone, dipping)to show respect for
- 迭起dié (second tone, rising) qǐ (third tone, dipping)continuously arising
- 说起来說起來shuō (first tone, high and level) qǐlái (third tone, dipping)Say