掀 xiān
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 欣 delighted, happy, joyous
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
掀起
xiānqǐ
to lift; to raise; to stir up
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 这篇调查报道掀起了全国范围内对食品安全的讨论。 Zhè piān diàochá bàodào xiānqǐ le quánguó fànwéi nèi duì shípǐn ānquán de tǎolùn. This investigative report sparked a nationwide discussion about food safety.
- 他掀起床布，找到孩子藏起来的玩具。 Tā xiānqǐ chuángbù, zhǎodào háizi cáng qǐlái de wánjù. He lifted the bedsheet and found the toy the child had hidden.
- 大风掀起了她手里的报纸。 Dàfēng xiānqǐ le tā shǒu lǐ de bàozhǐ. The strong wind blew up the newspaper in her hands.
Related words
- 掀 xiān to lift; to raise; to stir up
- 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