起来 (qǐ lái): to get up, to stand up; used after verbs to indicate upward movement or beginning

Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 2verb

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Pinyin
Meaning: to get up, to stand up; used after verbs to indicate upward movement or beginning
Characters: 2
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 2

to get up, to stand up
used after verbs to indicate upward movement or beginning
to stand up
to get up
to rise
to get up (from bed)
up (indicating upward movement)
to begin and continue (after a verb or adjective)
to stand up
to get up
(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
indicating an upward movement
indicating completion
(after a perception verb
also pr. [qi3lai2]

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HSK 3

to rise

HSK 1

to come

I get up at six every morning.

He stood up to answer the question.

Everyone started laughing.

The weather has started to get hot.

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