Character

起

qǐ HSK 1

起 qǐ HSK 1

1. to stand up from a sitting, lying, or prone position; to sit up from lying down
2. to leave or cause to leave one's original position
3. to rise upward; to swell or expand
4. to develop (blisters, bumps, prickly heat)
5. to take out something stored or embedded
6. to occur; to launch, initiate
7. to draft, draw up
8. to build, construct; to establish
9. to handle the paperwork to obtain (a certificate or document)
10. a surname
11. a measure word for occurrences or incidents (often negative events)
12. a measure word for groups or batches of people
13. directional complement after a verb indicating upward movement
14. directional complement after a verb, used with 得/不 to indicate whether one's ability or conditions are sufficient or insufficient
15. placed before a time or place word to indicate the starting point, equivalent to 'from' (Beijing dialect)
16. to begin, start
17. directional complement after a verb indicating that something appears and continues along with the action
18. directional complement after a verb indicating that the action involves a person or thing
19. placed before a place word to indicate the place passed through (Beijing dialect)
20. placed after a verb with 从/由 to indicate the beginning of an action