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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 起来
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 起来 | qǐ lai | - to stand up; to get up - also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 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[zhan4]) - indicating completion - (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment - also pr. [qi3lai5] |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 117 | 229 | 181 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 来 | lái | - to come - (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) - hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) - ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) - for the past (amount of time) - (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) - (between two verbs) in order to - (after a round number) approximately - (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) |