(qǐ lái) - to get up, to rise in Mandarin

qǐlái

Traditional: 起來

HSK 2

#182 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to get up, to rise

Word origin

起来 (qǐ lái) combines 起 (qǐ), 'to rise', with the directional verb 来 (lái), 'to come'. 来 was originally a pictograph of a wheat or barley plant, later borrowed for 'to come'. As a compound it means 'to get up' or 'to rise', and serves as a directional complement.

Origin: compound
Root: 起 (qǐ, rise) + 来 (lái, come)

Stroke order

起

来

Examples

！

Get up quickly!

。

He stood up.

，。

It's dawn, time to get up.

，。

It's dawn, get up quickly.

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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.

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This word is part of lesson 4.