起 qǐ in a sentence
Rise (get up - remove - form - become - sketch out - establish)
起 (qǐ) means Rise (get up - remove - form - become - sketch out - establish). Below are 24 of the 270 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
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From the graded readers
然后它摇 起 了尾巴。
ránhòu tā yáo qǐle wěiba.
Then it began to wag its tail.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
起 床以后，我喝一杯水。
qǐchuáng yǐhòu, wǒ hē / hè yī bēi shuǐ.
After getting up, I drink a glass of water.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
中午我和朋友一 起 吃饭。
zhōngwǔ wǒ hé péngyou yìqǐ chīfàn.
At noon I eat with my friends.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
路两边盖 起 了很多新房子。
lù liǎngbian gài qǐle hěnduō xīnfáng zǐ.
New buildings had gone up on both sides.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
早上鸟叫的时候，我就 起 床了。
zǎoshang niǎo jiào de / dì shíhou, wǒ jiù qǐchuáng le / liǎo / liào.
When the birds start in the morning, I get up.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room
第二天早上四点，我们就 起 床了。
dì'èr tiān zǎoshang sì diǎn, wǒmen jiù qǐchuáng le / liǎo / liào.
On the second morning we got up at four.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends
From the travel phrasebook
起 订量是多少？
Qǐdìngliàng shì duōshao?
What's the minimum order quantity?
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
能帮我包 起 来吗？
Néng bāng wǒ bāo qǐlái ma?
Could you wrap it for me?
Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining
起 订量是一千个。
Qǐdìngliàng shì yìqiān gè.
The minimum order is 1,000 units.
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
From the grammar library
我想 起 来了！
Wǒ xiǎng qǐlái le!
I've just remembered!
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Directional complements — 上来, 下去, 出来
她跟朋友一 起 吃饭。
Tā gēn péngyou yìqǐ chīfàn.
She eats with friends.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Word order — Subject + Verb + Object
对不 起 ，我听不懂。
Duìbuqǐ, wǒ tīng bu dǒng.
Sorry, I don't understand.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Result complements — 完, 好, 到, 见
我每天早上七点 起 床。
Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang qī diǎn qǐchuáng.
I get up at seven every morning.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · Where time words go
起 appears in 270 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 起
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Questions about 起
How is 起 used in a sentence?
This page shows 270 sentences using 起 (qǐ, "Rise (get up - remove - form - become - sketch out - establish)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 起 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 起 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 起?
The dictionary page for 起 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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