Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 起


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Meaning

to get up, to rise, to start, to launch, to initiate (action)

Pronunciation

Explanation

Left: to walk/go (On earth feet have to walk.), right: self (Following the winding path I find myself.)

Mnemonic

For walking you yourself need to get up.

Radicals

run
oneself
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Vocabulary

一起 yī qǐ in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)
瞧不起 qiáo bù qǐ to look down upon; to hold in contempt
风起云涌 fēng qǐ yún yǒng lit. rising winds, scudding clouds (idiom); turbulent times; violent development
唤起 huàn qǐ to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses); to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
玫瑰不管叫啥名,闻起来总是香的 méi guī bù guǎn jiào shá míng , wén qǐ lai zǒng shì xiāng de A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
起搏器 qǐ bó qì artificial pacemaker
竖起 shù qi to hold up (high); to raise up
起迄 qǐ qì start and end (dates); origin and destination
迭起 dié qǐ continuously arising; to arise repeatedly
高潮迭起 gāo cháo dié qǐ climaxes arise repeatedly
崛起 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power)

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