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HSK
to stand up; to get up / also pr. [qi3lai2]
HSK 1
to get out of bed; to get up
HSK 1
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  *起* | 起* | *起
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
HSK 1
(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
HSK 2
(in an expression of the form 起到 + … + 作用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
HSK 5
at the minimum; at the very least
HSK 5
starting point
HSK 6
to sue / to bring a lawsuit against / to prosecute
HSK 6
to move up and down / to undulate / ups and downs
HSK 7-9
originally; at first; at the outset
HSK 7-9
origin / to originate / to come from
HSK 7-9
to set out / to set in motion / the start (of some activity)
HSK 7-9
energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic
HSK 7-9
the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)
HSK 7-9
to set out / to leave
HSK 7-9
to make a draft / to draw up (plans)
HSK 7-9
to name / to christen / to take a name
beginning and end (dates)
everyday life / regular pattern of life
(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after ) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. ) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5]
cheese (loanword) (Tw)
baking soda (used to leaven bread) / screwdriver / bottle opener
to have an effect / to play a role / to be operative / to work / to function
to start / at first / beginning
to set about (doing sth)
a turn for the better / to pick up / to improve
to get up / to leave / to set forth
cheese (loanword) (Tw)
to catch fire / to cook / to get angry
crane
to bubble / to foam / to blister / to sprout boils (on one's body) / sparkling (wine etc)
cause / a factor (leading to an effect)
motive / purpose / (sth) being the motive or purpose
(of aircraft) to take off and land
to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
indictment (law) / statement of charges (law)
since childhood
(dialect) to step aside; Get out of the way!
living room / sitting room
to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
undercarriage
to remove manure from a cowshed or pigsty etc (for use as fertilizer) / to muck out
to start out by / to grow an enterprise beginning with / to begin one's career by
to practice divination
(athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump) / (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level)
to weigh anchor
to rise and fall / takeoff and landing / ups and downs
to catch one's eye (usu. used in the negative)
to start running / the start of a race
uprising / insurrection / revolt
to conceive a scheme / to devise a plan
(of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off
to stand / Stand up!
to start a story
to get goose bumps
to start up (a motor) / to launch (a computer application)
electrostatic generator
at first; in the beginning
to heckle / rowdy jeering / to create a disturbance
to promote / to reinstate (in a position or job)
to feel respect
to vow / to swear an oath
to get up in the night to urinate
to explode / to set off an explosion / to detonate
fluff / lint / to feel nervous
to lift (sth heavy) using a crane or other mechanical means
variant of 啟運|启运
to make a draft / to draft (a document)
erhua variant of 起名
(of a sweater, fabric etc) to pill
grumpiness resulting from poor sleep; irritability in the morning
initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer) / prices starting from
cheesecake
starting price; base fare (for a taxi trip, construction project etc)
lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life
starting salary
cheesecake
tax threshold
artificial pacemaker
Kia (Motors)
starter button / on switch
aircraft takeoff and landing gear
start and end (dates) / origin and destination
staple remover
to originate
erhua variant of 起小
living room
reveille
starting bid; starting price (at an auction)
chip shot (golf)
chipper (golf)
to emit bubbles / to bubble / to foam (with rage) / to seethe
(of skin) to peel
to shrivel
magnetization / to magnetize
starter (for sourdough breadmaking)
airfield / takeoff and landing strip
prosecutor
plaintiff

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