起
Details
- 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), classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance, classifier for groups: batch, group
- HSK Level: 1
- Frequency Rank: 174
- Alternate Forms: 起
- Notes: POS: v, q, f
Variants
起
- Pinyin: qǐ
- English Definitions: 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
- Notes: Classifiers:
Other transcriptions: numeric: qi3, wadegiles: ch'i³, bopomofo: ㄑㄧˇ, romatzyh: chii