起
Meaning
- to rise
- to raise
- to get up
Example sentence
他不早起。
He does not get up early.
The character 起
起 is 走, walking, beside 己: getting up and setting off. 起床 leaves the bed, 起飞 leaves the ground, 一起 is together — and after a verb it lifts: 想起 to call to mind, 看起来 by the look of it.
Words containing 起
- 对不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon
- 起床 qǐ chuáng to get out of bed; to get up
- 起来 qǐ lai to stand up; to get up
- 一起 yī qǐ (in) the same place
- 起飞 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off
- 想起 xiǎng qǐ to recall
- 看起来 kàn qǐ lai seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- 看不起 kàn bu qǐ to look down upon
- 了不起 liǎo bu qǐ amazing