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掀起
xiān qǐ
to lift up, to raise

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What does 掀起 mean?

掀起 (pinyin: xiān qǐ) means to lift up, to raise. It belongs to the official HSK 6 vocabulary (mastery), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 掀起

The wind lifted up her hair.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing 起

The characters of 掀起

掀xiāncomponent character
起qǐcomponent character

Related HSK 6 words

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固执gù zhístubborn
旋律xuán lǜmelody
界限jiè xiànlimit, boundary
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撒谎sā huǎngto lie, to tell a lie
粉碎fěn suìshatter, smash
品尝pǐn chángto taste, sample

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