引起
yǐn​qǐ HSK4

to cause

引起 yǐn​qǐ
to cause verb
to give rise to; to lead to; to arouse; to spark a situation or reaction

我不知道是什么引起了这种病。

wǒ bù​zhī​dào shì shén​me yǐn​qǐ le zhè​zhǒng bìng.

I don't know what caused this illness.

to attract verb
to draw or pull in, such as attention or interest

能引起他的注意吗？

néng yǐn​qǐ tā de zhù​yì ma?

Can you get his attention?

一篇文章引起了她的注意。

yī piān wén​zhāng yǐn​qǐ le tā de zhù​yì.

An article caught her attention.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
49.3 per million appears in 19% of films
Written text
159.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4

Cross-References

Synonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)