起来 (qǐ lai): meaning and stroke order
起来 (qǐ lai) means to stand up; to get up, also pr..
起来
- Simplified
- 起来
- Traditional
- 起來
- Pinyin
- qǐ lai · qi lai
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Stroke order of 起来
起
- qǐ to rise; to raise
- 10 strokes
Stroke by stroke
来
- lái to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 來
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Meaning of 起来
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qǐ lai
Traditional 起來
- to stand up; to get up
- also pr. [qi3lai2]
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qi lai
Traditional 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]
Radicals of the characters
- 起
- Radical 走 (Kangxi radical 156) · 10 strokes · built from 走 and 己
- 来
- Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 7 strokes · built from 未 and 丷
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
起来 in our stories
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突然，天黑了下来，大雨马上就下了起来。
tūrán tiān hēi le xiàlai dà yǔ mǎshàng jiù xià le qǐlai
Suddenly the sky went dark and heavy rain started at once.
From the story No umbrella HSK 3
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在陆远的大学里，一直有一个传说：半夜十二点，老音乐楼里的钢琴会自己响起来。
zài Lù Yuǎn de dàxué lǐ yìzhí yǒu yí gè chuánshuō bànyè shí'èr diǎn lǎo yīnyuèlóu lǐ de gāngqín huì zìjǐ xiǎng qǐlai
At Lu Yuan's university there had long been a legend: at midnight, the piano in the old music building played by itself.
From the story The piano at midnight HSK 4
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邓强不但没有改，还在网上跟她吵了起来。半年以后，饭店就关门了。
Dèng Qiáng búdàn méiyǒu gǎi hái zài wǎngshang gēn tā chǎo le qǐlai bàn nián yǐhòu fàndiàn jiù guānmén le
Instead of changing anything, Deng Qiang started a row with her online. Six months later the restaurant closed.
From the story A second chance HSK 5
Stories using 起来
- No umbrella HSK 3
- The piano at midnight HSK 4
- A second chance HSK 5
- Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).