起 qǐ HSK1 go up Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: to start All meanings 4,795 qǐ 4,795 to rise 2,453to mention 893to begin [action] 469to start 462[capability] 249up 237to happen 34to draft 14[event] 13to build 1 Some sentences contain multiple meanings of 起, so totals are smaller than the sum of items. 462 sentences for 起 (qǐ — to start) — page 4 of 24 123456…24 Go to page Go 从那时起我们就一直是伙伴。 cóng nàshí qǐ wǒmen jiù yīzhí shì huǒbàn. We have been partners ever since. Source: CCMatrix他清清嗓子,便开始讲了起来。 tā qīngqīng sǎngzi, biàn kāishǐ jiǎng le qǐ lái. He cleared his throat and started speaking. Source: AI Challenger 2017从现在起,每场比赛都是决赛。 cóng xiànzài qǐ, měi chǎng bǐsài dōu shì juésài. From now on every game is a final. Source: CCMatrix从现在起我要尽量做得好些。 cóng xiànzài qǐ wǒ yào jǐnliàng zuò de hǎo xiē. From now on I will try to do better. Source: UM-Corpus: News她又开始讲起了学校的秘密。 tā yòu kāishǐ jiǎng qǐ le xuéxiào de mìmì. She started talking about the school's secrets again. Source: Tatoeba她在雪中起舞。 tā zài xuě zhōng qǐ wǔ. She dances in the snow. Source: CCMatrix我五岁起就没见过我爸爸了。 wǒ wǔ suì qǐ jiù méi jiàn guo wǒ bàba le. I haven’t seen my father since I was five. Source: CCMatrix我承诺,从现在起,好好照顾你。 wǒ chéngnuò, cóng xiànzài qǐ, hǎohǎo zhàogu nǐ. I promise that from now on, I will take good care of you. Source: CCMatrix我从昨晚起没和他说过话了。 wǒ cóng zuówǎn qǐ méi hé tā shuō guo huà le. I haven't spoken with him since last night. Source: OpenSubtitles从那时起我们就一直在找他。 cóng nàshí qǐ wǒmen jiù yīzhí zài zhǎo tā. We have been searching for him since then. Source: CCMatrix从昨晚起我还没和她说过话。 cóng zuówǎn qǐ wǒ háiméi hé tā shuō guo huà. I haven't spoken to her since last night. Source: CCMatrix从星期四起我就没再见过你。 cóng xīngqīsì qǐ wǒ jiù méi zài jiàn guo nǐ. I haven't seen you since Thursday. Source: CCMatrix我从高中起就没跟他说过话。 wǒ cóng gāozhōng qǐ jiù méi gēn tā shuō guo huà. I haven't spoken to him since high school. Source: CCMatrix从这一刻起,你们都为我工作。 cóng zhè yī kè qǐ, nǐmen dōu wèi wǒ gōngzuò. From this moment on, you all work for me. Source: OpenSubtitles我从7岁起就想成为一名歌手。 wǒ cóng7 suì qǐ jiù xiǎng chéngwéi yīmíng gēshǒu. I've wanted to be a singer since I was 7 years old. Source: CCMatrix我们从十五岁起就没在一起了。 wǒmen cóng shíwǔ suì qǐ jiù méi zàiyīqǐ le. We haven't been together since we were 15. Source: OpenSubtitles他从第一天起就对我很有敌意。 tā cóng dìyītiān qǐ jiù duì wǒ hěn yǒu díyì. He's been hostile to me since day one. Source: OpenSubtitles从那天起,我就尽可能的躲着他。 cóng nàtiān qǐ, wǒ jiù jǐnkěnéng de duǒ zhe tā. From that day on, I avoided him as much as possible. Source: CCMatrix从那时起,他发布了另外3张专辑。 cóng nàshí qǐ, tā fābù le lìngwài3 zhāng zhuānjí. Since then, he has released three more albums. Source: CCMatrix从那时起他就一直和她在一起。 cóng nàshí qǐ tā jiù yīzhí hé tā zài yīqǐ. He has been with her ever since. Source: CCMatrix 123456…24 Go to page Go