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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

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起来qǐ lai

to stand up / to get up / also pr. [qǐlái]

起来qi lai

(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhàn]) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kàn]) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qǐlai]

一起yī qǐ

(in) the same place / together / in company (with) / altogether / in total / an instance of / a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)

对不起duì bu qǐ

I'm sorry / excuse me / I beg your pardon / to let (sb) down / to disappoint

起诉qǐ sù

to sue / to bring a lawsuit against / to prosecute

想起xiǎng qǐ

to recall / to think of / to call to mind

引起yǐn qǐ

to give rise to / to lead to / to cause / to arouse

了不起liǎo bu qǐ

amazing / terrific / extraordinary

起码qǐ mǎ

at the minimum / at the very least

起床qǐ chuáng

to get out of bed / to get up

起飞qǐ fēi

(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly

起立qǐ lì

to stand / Stand up!

起初qǐ chū

originally / at first / at the outset

起火qǐ huǒ

to catch fire / to cook / to get angry

起见qǐ jiàn

motive / purpose / (sth) being the motive or purpose

起点qǐ diǎn

starting point

起誓qǐ shì

to vow / to swear an oath

起源qǐ yuán

origin / to originate / to come from

起草qǐ cǎo

to make a draft / to draw up (plans)

起伏qǐ fú

to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs

起死回生qǐ sǐ huí shēng

to rise from the dead (idiom) / fig. an unexpected recovery

起居室qǐ jū shì

living room / sitting room

起步qǐ bù

to set out / to set in motion / the start (of some activity)

看起来kàn qǐ lai

seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appears to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be

提起tí qǐ

to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)

挑起tiǎo qǐ

to provoke / to stir up / to incite

升起shēng qǐ

to raise / to hoist / to rise

举起jǔ qǐ

to heave / to lift / to raise up / to uphold

发起fā qǐ

to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time)

响起xiǎng qǐ

(of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off

早起zǎo qǐ

to get up early

激起jī qǐ

to arouse / to evoke / to cause / to stir up

掀起xiān qǐ

to lift / to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge / to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger / set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)

起身qǐ shēn

to get up / to leave / to set forth

起重机qǐ zhòng jī

crane

起义qǐ yì

uprising / insurrection / revolt

起先qǐ xiān

at first / in the beginning

起因qǐ yīn

cause / a factor (leading to an effect)

起子qǐ zi

baking soda (used to leaven bread) / screwdriver / bottle opener

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