起
qǐ HSK1

go up

起 qǐ
case measure word
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events such as accidents or legal cases

这是一起严重的交通事故。

zhè shì yī qǐ yán​zhòng de jiāo​tōng shì​gù.

This is a serious traffic accident.

suffix verb
a verb suffix indicating the start of an action or an upward movement

大家都笑了起来。

dà​jiā dōu xiào le qǐ lái.

Everyone started laughing.

appear verb
to appear, emerge, or begin to happen

海上起了大风。

hǎi​shàng qǐ le dà fēng.

A strong wind rose at sea.

from directional
starting from a specific time, place, or price

从明天起，我们要实行新规。

cóng míng​tiān qǐ, wǒ​men yào shí​xíng xīn​guī.

Starting tomorrow, we will implement new regulations.

rise verb
to rise, raise, or get up from a sitting or lying position

为了赶早班机，他今天起得非常早。

wèi​le gǎn​zǎo bān​jī, tā jīn​tiān qǐ de fēi​cháng zǎo.

To catch the early flight, he got up very early today.

start verb
to set out, start, launch, or initiate an action

虽然困难重重，但我们的计划还是起步了。

suī​rán kùn​nán​chóng​chóng, dàn wǒ​men de jì​huà hái​shi qǐ bù le.

Despite many difficulties, our plan has still gotten off the ground.

give a name verb
to bestow or give a name to someone or something
draft verb
to draft a document or establish something

他打算在动笔写书前，先起一个大纲。

tā dǎ​suàn zài dòng​bǐ xiě shū qián, xiān qǐ yī gè dà​gāng.

He plans to draft an outline before starting to write the book.

exert verb
to exert, play, or perform a specific function or role, often used in the construction 起作用 qǐ​zuò​yòng
batch numeral
classifier for groups or batches of people or items

这些学生分两起出发。

zhè​xiē xué​sheng fēn liǎng qǐ chū​fā.

These students set off in two groups.

retrieve verb
to get or take out from a depot, counter, or storage

他去码头起货。

tā qù mǎ​tou qǐ huò.

He went to the pier to pick up the goods.

Frequency
Character
Written text
75th most common 2196.0 per million
Movie subtitles
62nd most common 2723.6 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
603.1 per million appears in 89% of films
Written text
610.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+8D77

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)