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- 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
- (of authorities, journalists etc) to uncover hidden facts
- (HK, Tw) to dox
- (of a medicine, poison, strategy, action etc) to begin to produce its effect; to start working
- to bubble
- to foam
- to blister
- to sprout boils (on one's body)
- sparkling (wine etc)
- Bai Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國|秦国, the victor at 長平|长平 in 260 BC
- same as 公孫起|公孙起
Trad. 豎起
- to erect (a tent etc)
- to prick up (one's ears)
- to raise (one's eyebrows)
- to stick up (one's thumb)
- to turn up (one's collar)
- (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers)
Trad. 緣起
- to originate
- origin; genesis
- account of the origins of an endeavor
- (athletics) to take off (at the start of a jump)
- (of price, salary etc) to start (from a certain level)
Trad. 起飛
- (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off
- (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
- to ignite
- to light
- fig. to spark off (hopes, controversy, flames of revolution)
Trad. 喚起
- to waken (to action)
- to rouse (the masses)
- to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
Trad. 響起
- (of a sound) to come forth
- (of a sound source) to ring out
- to sound
- to go off
- to summon one's (courage, faith etc)
- to puff up (one's cheeks etc)
- to bulge
- to swell out
- to lift; to raise (a lid etc)
- (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc)
- (fig.) to trigger; set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
- (in) the same place
- together; in company (with)
- altogether; in total
- an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)
Trad. 發起
- to originate
- to initiate
- to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
- to start
- to propose sth (for the first time)
Trad. 掛起
- to hang up (a picture etc)
- to hoist up (a flag)
- (computing) to suspend (a process)
- (of a system) to hang
- pending (operation)
- to rise abruptly (to a towering position)
- to tower over
- to spring up
- to emerge suddenly
- the emergence (e.g. of a power)
Trad. 起來
- (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
- indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4])
- indicating completion
- (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment
- also pr. [qi3lai5]
Trad. 起價
- initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer)
- prices starting from
- (in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
- to mention; to bring up
- (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise
- to initiate (legal proceedings)
Trad. 吳起
- Wu Qi (440-381 BC), military leader and politician of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), author of Wuzi 吳子|吴子[Wu2 zi3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
- 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
- (cry of encouragement)
- to arise
- to stand up
- to gain the ascendancy
- Come on!
Trad. 起床氣
- grumpiness resulting from poor sleep; irritability in the morning
Trad. 零起點
- from zero
- from scratch
- beginners' (course)
- for beginners
Trad. 起步價
- starting price; base fare (for a taxi trip, construction project etc)
Trad. 對不起
- I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon
- to let (sb) down; to disappoint
Trad. 傷不起
- (slang) it's just the pits!
- so unfair!
- unbearable
Trad. 起訴者
- (law) plaintiff (in a civil case); prosecutor (in a criminal case)
Trad. 起跑線
- the starting line (of a race)
- scratch line (in a relay race)
Trad. 對得起
- not to let sb down
- to treat sb fairly
- be worthy of
Trad. 算起來
- to calculate
- to estimate
- in total
- all told
- (fig.) if you think about it
Trad. 輸不起
- to take defeat with bad grace
- to be a sore loser
- cannot afford to lose
Trad. 經不起
- can't stand it
- to be unable to bear
- to be unable to resist
Trad. 輸得起
- can afford to lose
- to take defeat with good grace
- can't afford to offend
- dare not provoke
- difficult to deal with
- insufferable
Trad. 公孫起
- Gongsun Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國|秦国, the victor at 長平|长平 in 260 BC
- same as Bai Qi 白起
Trad. 看起來
- seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
Trad. 沒起子
- (dialect) (of a person) useless
- pathetic
- spineless
- can't afford to play
- (fig.) can't accept it when one loses
- to have an effect
- to play a role
- to be operative
- to work
- to function
Trad. 卯起來
- (coll.) to get enthusiastic; to put in all one's energy