起
qǐ
Meaning
- to get up
- verb suffix, to start
- to start
- starting from (a time, place, price etc)
Definition
由躺而坐或由坐而立；开始；发生；建造；提出；取出；量词
to rise, to get up; to start; to occur; to build; to propose; to take out; measure word for incidents, batches, etc.
Usage
这是一个多义词，常用于表示动作的开始或状态的改变，也可作为量词用于事件、案件等。
This is a polysemous word, commonly used to indicate the beginning of an action or a change of state, and also as a measure word for incidents, cases, etc.
Examples
- 1 每天早上六点，他就起床了。(Every morning at six, he gets up.)
- 2 会议从下午两点开始，到五点结束。(The meeting starts at 2 PM and ends at 5 PM.)
- 3 最近起风了，天气变冷了。(The wind has picked up recently, and the weather has turned cold.)
- 4 警方最近破获了好几起盗窃案。(The police have recently solved several theft cases.)
- 5 他拿起笔，开始写信。(He picked up a pen and started writing a letter.)
- 6 这个地方将建起一座新桥。(A new bridge will be built here.)
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