起 qǐ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 走 — to walk, to run, to flee
- Made of
- 走 to walk, to run, to flee 己 self, oneself
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
起来
qǐlai
to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
Characters in this word
来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 kwukyel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他八点起来了。 Tā bā diǎn qǐlai le. He got up at eight.
- 请站起来。 Qǐng zhàn qǐlai. Please stand up.
- 他七点就起来了。 Tā qī diǎn jiù qǐlai le. He was already up at seven.
Related words
- 对不起 duìbuqǐ sorry, excuse me
- 起 qǐ to rise, to get up
- 起床 qǐchuáng to get up (out of bed)
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 出来 chūlái to come out
- 回来 huílái to come back
- 进来 jìnlái to come in
- 来 lái to come
- 来到 láidào to arrive, to come to
- 开 kāi to open; to drive; to turn on
- 过 guò to cross, to pass; to spend (time), to celebrate
- 打开 dǎkāi to open, to turn on