起

Pinyin: qǐ

to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out

Example sentence

妈妈起得比谁都早。

Māma qǐ de bǐ shéi dōu zǎo.

My mother gets up earlier than anyone else.

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What 起 means

起 (qǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out”. It appears in the HSK 3 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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