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起来

qǐlái

Traditional: 起來

to stand up; to get up

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Meaning of 起来 in English

qǐláiHSK 2verbSyllabus #418
  1. to stand up; to get up
  2. also pr. [qi3lai2]
  3. (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
  4. indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4])
  5. indicating completion
  6. (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment
  7. also pr. [qi3lai5]

Example sentences

  1. 汤姆把它重新粘了起来。
    tāng mǔ bǎ tā chóng xīn zhān le qǐ lái。
    Tom glued it back together.
    Tatoeba #13278128 by Enzo · #12151317 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 把手举起来！这是抢劫。
    bǎ shǒu jǔ qǐ lái！ zhè shì qiǎng jié。
    Hands up! This is a robbery.
    Tatoeba #4287479 by notabene · #1296486 by Shishir · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 花园被木栅栏围了起来。
    huā yuán bèi mù shān lán wéi le qǐ lái。
    The garden was surrounded by a wooden fence.
    Tatoeba #333146 by fucongcong · #44961 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

起 on its own →
qǐ · classifier for occurrences or unpredicta

HSK words with 起

起床HSK 1对不起HSK 1一起HSK 2起HSK 3起飞HSK 3起到HSK 4引起HSK 4发起HSK 5提起HSK 5了不起HSK 5
来 on its own →
lái · to come

HSK words with 来

来HSK 1出来HSK 2过来HSK 2回来HSK 2进来HSK 2上来HSK 2下来HSK 2后来HSK 3看来HSK 3来自HSK 3

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences