起
qǐ
Meaning
- to rise · to raise
- to get up
- to set out
- to start
- to appear
- to launch
- to initiate (action)
- to draft
- to establish
- to get (from a depot or counter)
- verb suffix, to start
- starting from (a time, place, price and so on)
- classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance · classifier for groups: batch, group
Example sentences
你给你儿子起什么名字？
你給你兒子起什麼名字？
nǐ gěi nǐ ér zi qǐ shén me míng zì？
What name did you give your son?
从 4 月起，公共费用将上调。
從 4 月起，公共費用將上調。
cóng 4 yuè qǐ， gōng gòng fèi yòng jiāng shàng diào。
Starting in April, public charges will be increased.
体育场内已搭建起舞台。
體育場內已搭建起舞臺。
tǐ yù chǎng nèi yǐ dā jiàn qǐ wǔ tái。
A stage has been set up inside the stadium.