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起

qǐ · qi

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 1

Meaning

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  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group

In a sentence

2 examples
01

道(dào)路(lù)结(jié)冰(bīng)导(dǎo)致(zhì)了(le)很(hěn)多(duō)起(qǐ)事(shì)故(gù)。

Many accidents resulted from the icy conditions of the road.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

酸(suān)会(huì)和(hé)金(jīn)属(shǔ)物(wù)质(zhì)起(qǐ)化(huà)学(xué)反(fǎn)应(yìng)。

Acids react chemically with metals.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by LeviHighway · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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