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起来

qǐ lai · qi lai/qi lai

Traditional 起來

HSK 1Old HSK 4

Meaning

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qǐ lai 起來

  1. to stand up; to get up
  2. also pr. [qǐlái]

qi lai 起來

  1. (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state
  2. indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站 (zhàn))
  3. indicating completion
  4. (after a perception verb, e.g. 看 (kàn)) expressing preliminary judgment
  5. also pr. [qǐlai]
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In a conversation

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Sitting up counts?

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，快(kuài)起来(qǐlai)！十点(shídiǎn)了(le)。

    Dengdeng, get up quickly! It is ten o'clock.

  2. Dengdeng

    再(zài)让(ràng)我(wǒ)睡(shuì)五分钟(wǔfēnzhōng)。

    Let me sleep five more minutes.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)说(shuō)了(le)三(sān)次(cì)了(le)，快(kuài)起来(qǐlai)！

    You have said that three times. Get up quickly!

  4. Dengdeng

    好好好(hǎohǎohǎo)，我(wǒ)起来(qǐlai)了(le)。

    OK OK OK, I am getting up.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)站(zhàn)起来(qǐlai)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Are you standing up?

  6. Dengdeng

    没有(méiyǒu)，我(wǒ)只是(zhǐshì)坐(zuò)起来(qǐlai)了(le)。

    No, I only sat up.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

很(hěn)快(kuài)人(rén)群(qún)就(jiù)在(zài)他(tā)周(zhōu)围(wéi)聚(jù)集(jí)了(le)起(qǐ)来(lái)。

A crowd soon gathered around him.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)每(měi)天(tiān)早(zǎo)上(shang)六(liù)点(diǎn)就(jiù)起(qǐ)来(lái)锻(duàn)炼(liàn)身(shēn)体(tǐ)。

He gets up at six every morning to exercise.

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起
qǐ

to rise; to raise

来
lái

to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)

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