起
qǐ HSK1

go up

起 qǐ
to rise particleverb
to get up; to stand up; to rise (as in the sun, wind, or waves); to get out of bed

我不习惯起得那么早。

wǒ bù xí​guàn qǐ de nà​me zǎo.

I'm not used to getting up so early.

当她看到他们时，她站了起来。

dāng tā kàn dào tā​men shí, tā zhàn le qǐ lái.

When she saw them, she stood up.

to mention verbparticle
used after a verb to show that an action involves or reaches a person or thing, similar to "about" or "regarding"
to begin [action] particleverb
used after a verb to show that an action is starting
to start particleverb
to begin; to launch; to initiate; starting from (a time, place, or amount)

从现在起，听我说。

cóng xiàn​zài qǐ, tīng wǒ shuō.

From now on, listen to me.

从那时起，中国的一切几乎都改变了。

cóng nà​shí qǐ, zhōng​guó de yī​qiè jī​hū dōu gǎi​biàn le.

Almost everything has changed in China since then.

[capability] particle
used after a verb and 得 de or 不 bù to show whether one can afford, endure, or reach a certain standard

你说你能养得起你母亲。

nǐ shuō nǐ néng yǎng de qǐ nǐ mǔ​qīn.

You said you could support your mother.

up particle
used after a verb to show upward movement
to happen verbparticle
to occur; to appear; to arise; to break out (of skin conditions, rashes, or blisters)

他让我起鸡皮疙瘩！

tā ràng wǒ qǐ jī​pí​gē​da!

He gives me the creeps!

to draft verb
to draft; to draw up (a plan, name, or document)

您的名字是谁起的？

nín de míng​zi shì shéi qǐ de?

Who gave you your name?

[event] measure word
classifier for cases, occurrences, or unpredictable events

谁来为这起事故买单？

shéi lái wèi zhè qǐ shì​gù mǎi dān?

Who will pay for this accident?

to build adjective
to establish; to build; to construct; to set up
to remove
to take out; to extract; to obtain (from storage or a counter); to unload (cargo)
surname
a Chinese surname
to recover
to get better; to recover from an illness; to be cured
to appoint
to call to office; to appoint to a post; to resume a career
batch
classifier for batches, groups, or lots (of people or goods)

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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
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)