起

qǐ

rise, stand up; go up; begin

Stroke order

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

起来qǐ lai 3–5to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái]
一起yī qǐ 1–3 → 4–3in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)
起qǐ 3to 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
对不起duì bu qǐ 4–5–3I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
起床qǐ chuáng 3–2 to get out of bed; to get up
想起xiǎng qǐ 3–3 → 2–3to recall; to think of; to call to mind
起飞qǐ fēi 3–1 (of an aircraft) to take off
看起来kàn qǐ lai 4–3–5seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
引起yǐn qǐ 3–3 → 2–3to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
了不起liǎo bu qǐ 3–5–3amazing; terrific; extraordinary
看不起kàn bu qǐ 4–5–3to look down upon; to despise
提起tí qǐ 2–3 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)