起 qǐ HSK1 go up Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: batch All meanings 320 qǐ 320 case 134suffix 103appear 24from 24rise 15start 7give a name 5draft 4exert 3batch 1retrieve 1 Some sentences contain multiple meanings of 起, so totals are smaller than the sum of items. 1 sentence for 起 (qǐ — batch) 这些学生分两起出发。 zhèxiē xuésheng fēn liǎng qǐ chūfā. These students set off in two groups. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary