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qǐ

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English Definition	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); measure word for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; measure word for groups: batch, group
Simplified Script	起
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	qǐ
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄑㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	hei²
Part of Speech	(形) adjective, (动) verb, (量) measure word
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=1 TOCFL=4,5,6

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Words With Same Head Word
起来	qǐlai	to stand up; to get up
起床	qǐchuáng	to get out of bed; to get up
起飞	qǐfēi	(of an aircraft) to take off
起火	qǐhuǒ	to catch fire; to cook; to get angry
起初	qǐchū	originally; at first; at the outset

Words With Same Tail Word
引起	yǐnqǐ	to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
发起	fāqǐ	to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose something (for the first time)
提起	tíqǐ	to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)
看得起	kàn de qǐ	to show respect for; to think highly of
兴起	xīngqǐ	to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue

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