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起来
qǐ lai
to get up
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What does 起来 mean?
起来 (pinyin: qǐ lai) means to get up. It belongs to the official HSK 4 vocabulary (upper intermediate), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 起来
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 起 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 来
The characters of 起来
| 起 | qǐ | component character |
| 来 | lái | to come (HSK 1) |
Related HSK 4 words
| 发生 | fā shēng | happen |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life |
| 却 | què | however; yet |
| 死 | sǐ | die |
| 以 | yǐ | with, by means of; according to |
| 之 | zhī | of (possessive or attributive particle, literary) |
| 当 | dāng | when |
| 与 | yú | and, with |
Full HSK 4 list · Translate a sentence with 起来
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