起伏
qǐfú
to rise and fall; fluctuations; ups and downs
Characters in this word
伏 fú
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 犬 dog
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 海岸线随着地势起伏而不断改变形态，给道路设计带来了额外难度。 Hǎi'ànxiàn suízhe dìshì qǐfú ér búduàn gǎibiàn xíngtài, gěi dàolù shèjì dàilái le éwài nándù. The coastline keeps changing shape as the terrain rises and falls, creating extra difficulty for road design.
- 远处的山峰连绵起伏，像一条巨龙。 Yuǎnchù de shānfēng liánmián qǐfú, xiàng yì tiáo jùlóng. The distant peaks roll on and on, like a giant dragon.
- 他的心情随着比分起伏不定。 Tā de xīnqíng suízhe bǐfēn qǐfú bú dìng. His mood rose and fell with the score.
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)
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 起飞 qǐfēi to take off
- 想起 xiǎngqǐ to remember; to recall
- 看起来 kànqǐlai to look; to seem
- 看不起 kànbuqǐ to look down on
- 了不起 liǎobuqǐ amazing
- 引起 yǐnqǐ to cause
- 起到 qǐdào to play a role