起来 - Mandarin word #182

起来

qǐlái

Traditional: 起來

HSK 2

#182 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to get up, to rise

Stroke order

起

来

！

Get up quickly!

。

He stood up.

，。

It's dawn, time to get up.

，。

It's dawn, get up quickly.

。

This matter is easy to talk about.

起来 (qǐ lái) means to get up, to rise. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

出来

to come out, to emerge

过来

to come over, to come across

回来

to come back, to return

来

to come (directional)

先

first, in advance, earlier

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 4.