Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.stand up; get up
起立
stand up
起床
get up
她习惯于早起。
She is used to getting up early.
antonym
- 2
v.(used after a verb preceded by 得 or 不) be up to a certain standard
我现在还买不起房子。
I can't afford a house right now.
我们的爱经得起时间的考验。
Our love stands the test of time.
我们买得起一辆新车吗？
Can we afford a new car?
- 3
v.start; begin
从现在起，我会好好学习。
From now on, I will study hard.
从那时起，我就懂事了。
Since then, I knew better.
从十八岁起，我就开始工作了。
I've been working since I was eighteen.
- 4
v.draft
起草
draft
他总爱给同学起绰号。
He is always giving his classmates nicknames.
麻烦您给这篇文章起个稿子。
Could you please give me a draft for this article?
- 5
v.(used after a verb to indicate upward motion)
举起旗子
hold high the flag
抬起头
raise one's head
他提起箱子出去了。
He took the case and went out.
风吹起了灰尘。
The wind blew the dust up.
- 6
v.remove
起钉子
draw out a nail
起雷
clear mines
- 7
v.go up; rise
这球不起了。
There is no spring left in this ball.
飞机起到半空。
The aircraft is taking to the sky.
- 8
v.(of bleb, lump, heat rash, etc.)appear
头上起了个包
have a swelling on one's head
孩子背上起痱子了。
Prickly heat broke out on the baby's back.
手上起了个泡
blister appeared on one's hand
- 9
v.build; set up
起一堵墙
build a wall
- 10
v.build; establish
白手起家
start from scratch
- 11
prep.dial(used before a noun of time or place preceded by 从 or 由) start; begin
您起哪儿来？
Where have you come from?
从头学起
start from the very beginning
从何说起！
Don't know where to begin.
- 12
measure word(used for people orthings) batch; group
两起参观者
two groups of visitors
- 13
v.(used after a verb to indicate the action is beginning)
响起热烈的掌声
resound with warm applause
傍晚又下起了雨。
It began to rain again in the evening.
- 14
measure word(used for incidents) case; instance
一起事故
an accident
两起火警
two cases of fire alarm
Words and phrases with 起
- 起作用[word]play a part; take effect
- 起重机[word]crane
- 起疑[word]become suspicious
- 起见[word]for the purpose of
- 起哄[word]gather together to create a disturbance/to stir up trouble; boo and hoot
- 起誓[word]take an oath
- 起立[word]rise to one's feet
- 起泡[word]foam; blister
- 起程[word]start on a journey
- 起承转合[idiom]four step formula for writing an essay: introduction, development, transition, conclusion
- 起死回生[idiom]make the dead come back to life
- 起早贪黑[idiom]start work early and knock off late
- 起凤腾蛟[idiom]like the soaring phoenix and the rising dragon
- 起早摸黑[idiom]work very hard all day long
- 起居无时[idiom]lead an irregular life