起

The character "起" has 10 strokes. "起" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "起" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "起" are "qǐ" . View the stroke order of "起">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "起"

v.: rise; get/stand up; go/move/rise up; break out; appear; occur; start; begin; set up; establish; build; construct; draft; draw up; work out; draw out; remove; extract; pull; draw; receive; get; initiate; launch; move up/upwards; begin to; be up to a certain standard

quant.: case; instance; group; batch

prep.: from; by

• rise : v.升起；上升；起身；站起；隆起；高起；增加；增长；上涨；提高；改善；接近
• break out : 突然爆发；突然发作；一名犯人越狱了
• appear : v.进入视野；出现；显现；看上去；留下…的印象；产生；体现；问世；开始被使用；出版
• occur : v.发生；出现；存在；产生
• start : v.发生；开始；使开始；使发生；惊起；惊跳
• begin : v.开始；起源；有可能
• set up : 建立, 创立；安排, 策划；发出声响
• establish : v.设立；建立；制定；确立；使（风俗；信仰；惯例；制度）得到永久承认；证实；查明；确定；使…花色所剩的牌都能赢
• build : v.建筑；建造；加强；安装；固定；增大；委托（或提供资金；监管）建造；使成为组成部分；编；被编
• construct : v.建筑；建造；建立；构筑；构成；组成；形成；造；作
• draft : n.草稿；草案；汇票；征兵；草图；图样；设计图；草图模式；挑选（新的或现有）队员的程序
• draw up : 停住
• work out : 解出, 算出；产生结果, 发展, 成功；锻炼；训练
• draw out : 渐长
• remove : v.去掉；除去；废除；取消；远离；隔代的；隔亲的；除掉；转移；调动
• extract : v.取出；拔出；提取；提炼；摘录；选取；总结出；抄录；推断出；引申出
• pull : v.把…拉；把…扯；稳步移动；促使…资助；吸引；取消；撤销；击；侧翼迂回阻挡
• draw : v.绘制；勾画；画；拉；拖；拔出；抽出；取出；排出；引出；引起；激起；以平局结束；使（球）朝预定的目标作弧线运动；(船)吃水；(帆)吃饱风
• receive : v.收到；接到；遭受；经受；接待；接见；欢迎；接受；接纳；承受
• get : v.得到；获得；收到；取得；体验到；获取；形成指明的状态；变得；来到；到达；抓住；逮捕；理解；明白；学会
• initiate : v.开始；发起；创始；接受… 加入秘密社团；吸收；内行人；介绍…参加；使知晓
• launch : v.使（船）下水；开始；创办；使…开始运作；投掷；使（新船）初次下水；发射；猛然一动；蓦地弹起；猛烈地批评
• case : n.情形；事例；实例；病例；伤例；个案例；诉讼案；格；盒；套；壳；罩；容器
• instance : n.例子；事例；具体事件
• group : n.组；群；类；团体；集体；流行乐团；集团；集团公司；空军大队；群像
• batch : n.一批生产量；一组；一批；一群；批量；成批
• from : prep.从… 起；始于；来自；从…来；从；由；离；防；因为；由于；与… 不同
• by : prep.由；被；凭借；用；通过；以…之差；相差…；到…之前；不迟于；在…旁边；靠近；在…的时候；关于；根据；以… 的名义

Form words with "起"

起疑团 raise a doubt

起念头 conceive an idea

起垄器 tie ridger

起作用 take effect

起货单 landing permit

起网机 net hauler

起戒心 be suspicious of sb

起歹心 brew malice

起垄犁 ridger; ridging plough

起钉锤 claw hammer

起钉钳 nail nippers/puller

从青年起 from one's youth onwards

平旦即起 get up soon after daybreak

起了歪心 a wicked idea crops up

马铃薯起垄机 potato ridger

起先锋作用 play a vanguard role

起主导作用 play a leading role

搂起袖子 tuck up one's sleeves

抡起球棒 wield a baseball bat

用肩扛起 shoulder sth up

Example phrases using "起"

• 打三月起，我再也没有抽过烟了。

  I have never smoked since March.

• 他形迹可疑，我立刻怀疑起他来。

  There was something furtive about his behaviour and I became suspicious immediately.

• 走了一天路后，我的脚底起了泡。

  My feet were blistered from a day’s walking.

• 打他能记事儿的时候起妈妈就有病。

  His mother has been ill since his memory began.

• 填鸭式教学方法只能起反作用。

  The method of cramming only defeats its intended purpose.

• 他拿起矿泉水，咕咚咕咚喝了几口。

  He took a bottle of mineral water and drank with some gulps.

• 他成功地推举起一百四十公斤。

  He successfully pressed 140 kilograms.

• 我们已有12起案件记录在案。

  We have documented 12 cases.

• 酸与碱会起化学反应生成盐。

  An acid can react with a base to form a salt.

• 他抡起枪托，把我打倒在地。

  He swung his rifle butt and knocked me down.