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[qǐlái]

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

起来 [qǐlái]

1. verb [站起或坐起] get up

赶快起来，来客人了。

Get up quick, there's a visitor.
2. verb [起床] get up

起来吧，天都亮了。

Time to get up – it's already light.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

起来 [qǐlái]

1. stand up; sit up; rise to one's feet

你起来吃药吧。

Sit up and take your medicine.

有个小伙子起来给老太太让了个座儿。

A youngster stood up and offered his seat to the old lady.
2. get up; get out of bed

他们一起来就下地了。

They went to work in the fields as soon as they got up.
3. rise; arise; revolt

起来反抗压迫

rise against oppression

起来捍卫真理

come forward in defence of truth
4. upwards; up

拿起来

pick up

他把孩子抱起来。

He took the child up in his arms.

举起手来！

Hands up!
5. start to; become

那回的事情！你一提起来我就生气。

Every time you (start to) mention that incident I get angry.

他这句话使我们大笑起来。

This remark of his set us roaring with laughter.
6. indicating completeness or effectiveness

加起来

add up

锁起来

lock up

存起来

store away

合唱团组织起来了。

The chorus has been organized.
7. when one comes to

看起来要下雨。

It looks like rain.

看起来是不会有什么问题的。

By the look of it there won't be any problems.

听起来颇有道理。

It sounds quite reasonable.
8. forming a verbal topic

说起来容易，做起来难。

It's easier said than done.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

起来 [qǐlái]

1. 动由躺、坐、跪等姿势变为站立

见到老年人上车，赶快起来让座

扶他起来

他躺着起不来了。
2. 动起床。
3. 动泛指升起、兴起、奋起等

风筝起来了

一座座高楼起来了

起来抗争。
4. 动用在动词后，表示人或事物随动作由低到高

双手把奖杯举起来

他高兴得跳起来。
5. 动用在动词后，表示动作有了一定结果

终于想起来了

力争把认识统一起来。
6. 动用在动词后，表示动作开始并继续下去

掌声响起来

做完准备活动，他便跑了起来。
7. 动用在动词后，合起来做插入语，表示估计或着眼于某一方面

看起来，明天去不成了

这朵花不很美，闻起来却很香。
8. 动用在形容词后，表示情况、状态出现，并且程度继续加深

苹果逐渐红起来

身体慢慢好起来。

See more results for 起来 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

说起来容易做起来难。: It's easier said than done.
懒汉鞋虽然看起来不漂亮，但是穿起来很舒服。: Though ugly, loafers wear comfortably.
虽然他看起来身形有些胖，但跑起来犹如离弦之箭。: Though he is a little fat, he runs as fast as an arrow.
说起来撇脱，做起来难。
大家都干起来了，你怎么还按兵不动呢？: Everybody else has started work. Why do you sit there doing nothing?
这两句念起来拗口。: These two lines do not read smoothly.
半夜三更的，你起来干什么？: Why are you getting up at this time of night?
把东西包起来: wrap things up
用布把伤口包裹起来。: Bandage up the wound.; 1718 more results

Collocations

站起来: to stand up
集中起来: to concentrate
好起来: to like something
想起来: to think of something
坚强起来: strong
暖和起来: warm

Word Decomposition

起 [qǐ]	+	来 [lái]

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