Memory phrase for the character: 起
起
Meaning
to get up, to rise, to start, to launch, to initiate (action) Pronunciation qǐ Explanation Left: to walk/go 走 (On earth 土 feet 足 have to walk.), right: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)
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For walking you yourself need to get up. Radicals
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Vocabulary
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一起 yī qǐ
in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)
瞧不起 qiáo bù qǐ
to look down upon; to hold in contempt
风起云涌
fēng qǐ yún yǒng
lit. rising winds, scudding clouds (idiom); turbulent times; violent development
唤起 huàn qǐ
to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses); to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
玫瑰不管叫啥名，闻起来总是香的
méi guī bù guǎn jiào shá míng , wén qǐ lai zǒng shì xiāng de
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
起搏器 qǐ bó qì
artificial pacemaker
竖起 shù qi
to hold up (high); to raise up
起迄 qǐ qì
start and end (dates); origin and destination
迭起 dié qǐ
continuously arising; to arise repeatedly
高潮迭起
gāo cháo dié qǐ
climaxes arise repeatedly
崛起 jué qǐ
to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power)
崛起 jué qǐ
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