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Exact character matches appear first. For otherwise comparable matches, frequency in film and television subtitles helps determine order. Direct English-definition matches and prefix matches also affect ranking. Word length and the availability of usage notes do not improve rank.

Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

起跳qǐ tiào

(athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump) / (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level)

起疑qǐ yí

to begin to suspect / to grow suspicious

起名qǐ míng

to name / to christen / to take a name

起跑qǐ pǎo

to start running / the start of a race

起爆qǐ bào

to explode / to set off an explosion / to detonate

起诉书qǐ sù shū

indictment (law) / statement of charges (law)

起劲qǐ jìn

energetic / vigorous / enthusiastic

起价qǐ jià

initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer) / prices starting from

起航qǐ háng

(of a ship) to set sail / (of an airplane) to take off

起家qǐ jiā

to start out by / to grow an enterprise beginning with / to begin one's career by

起色qǐ sè

a turn for the better / to pick up / to improve

起跑线qǐ pǎo xiàn

the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)

起程qǐ chéng

to set out / to leave

起落qǐ luò

to rise and fall / takeoff and landing / ups and downs

起哄qǐ hòng

to heckle / rowdy jeering / to create a disturbance

起动qǐ dòng

to start up (a motor) / to launch (a computer application)

起落架qǐ luò jià

(aviation) landing gear / undercarriage

起锚qǐ máo

to weigh anchor

起泡qǐ pào

to bubble / to foam / to blister / to sprout boils (on one's body) / sparkling (wine etc)

起始qǐ shǐ

to begin / to start / at first / initially

起降qǐ jiàng

(of aircraft) to take off and land

起居qǐ jū

everyday life / regular pattern of life

不起眼bù qǐ yǎn

unremarkable / nothing out of the ordinary

竖起shù qǐ

to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)

瞧不起qiáo bù qǐ

to look down upon / to hold in contempt

崛起jué qǐ

to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power)

唤起huàn qǐ

to waken (to action) / to rouse (the masses) / to evoke (attention, recollection etc)

比起bǐ qǐ

compared with

兴起xīng qǐ

to rise / to spring up / to burgeon / to be aroused / to come into vogue

东山再起dōng shān zài qǐ

lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom) / fig. to make a comeback

买不起mǎi bu qǐ

cannot afford / can't afford buying

白手起家bái shǒu qǐ jiā

(idiom) to build up from nothing / to start from scratch

四起sì qǐ

to spring up everywhere / from all around

看不起kàn bu qǐ

to look down upon / to despise

翩翩起舞piān piān qǐ wǔ

(to start) dancing lightly and gracefully

燃起rán qǐ

to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)

对得起duì de qǐ

not to let sb down / to treat sb fairly / be worthy of

奋起fèn qǐ

to rise vigorously / a spirited start

经不起jīng bu qǐ

can't stand it / to be unable to bear / to be unable to resist

说起shuō qǐ

to mention / to bring up (a subject) / with regard to / as for

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