一起 yìqǐ — together

Meanings

1. 1

   together

   Doing something in company. It is an adverb standing before the verb; the people involved are joined by 和 or 跟, not by 一起 itself.

   adverb

Character breakdown

• 起

  qǐ (third tone, dipping)

  to rise, to get up, to stand up; to begin; to raise; a measure word for cases or incidents

  10 strokes⿺走己Radical 走

Example sentences

• 我们一起去吧。/我們一起去吧。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) yìqǐ (fourth tone, falling) qù (fourth tone, falling) ba. (neutral tone)···

  Let’s go together.

• 他和朋友一起看电影。/他和朋友一起看電影。Tā (first tone, high and level) hé (second tone, rising) péngyou (second tone, rising) yìqǐ (fourth tone, falling) kàn (fourth tone, falling) diànyǐng. (fourth tone, falling)···

  He’s watching a film with a friend.

Common mistakes

• Not quite我一起他去。

  Correct我和他一起去。

  一起 does not join two people; 和 does. Put 和 + person before 一起, and keep 一起 immediately in front of the verb.

Similar words

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
• 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