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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

起来 [qǐlái]
  1. 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. 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. 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.
    你起来,我用一下电脑。
    起来回答问题。
    你起来把地扫一下。
  2. 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.
    你快起来,要迟到了。
    你再不起来,就来不及了。
  3. 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
    起来维护尊严。
  4. 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!
    站起来发言是对老师表示一种尊敬。
    知道的同学把手举起来。
    你把地上的纸拾起来。
  5. 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.
    全班都大笑起来。
  6. 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.
    他一个人把这个协会组织起来。
    你去把门锁起来。
    把剩下的钱存起来。
  7. 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.
    他看起来并不是一个老实人。
    这件事看起来让人很不放心。
    他的话听起来很有哲理。
    看起来我们都错了。
    这件衣服看起来不是很适合你啊。
  8. 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. 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. 2. 动 起床。
  3. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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。
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Examples

说起来容易，做起来难。
It's easier said than done. → 起来
说起来容易做起来难。
It's easier said than done. → 容易
电力测量看起来容易做起来难。 → 测量
烫西服看起来容易做起来难。 → 烫
懒汉鞋虽然看起来不漂亮, 但是穿起来很舒服。
Though ugly, loafers wear comfortably. → 懒汉鞋
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. → 离弦
说起来撇脱,做起来难。 → 撇脱
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? → 按兵不动
这两句念起来拗口。
These two lines do not read smoothly. → 拗口
半夜三更的，你起来干什么?
Why are you getting up at this time of night? → 半夜三更
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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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