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起來
  hei2 loi4   jyutping
  qi3 lai5   pinyin
[1] stand up; sit up
[2] wake up; get up | []: 起身
[3] to rise up; to revolt
[4] suffix after a verb indicating starting, continuing or finishing an action, e.g. 看起來; 起來; 想起來
[5] suffix after a verb indicating upward motion, e.g. 起來
[6] March of the Volunteers, the PRC National Anthem written by Tian Han also known as "Chee-Lai" as "Arise!" is its opening refrain


Level: 3   Google Frequency: 8,480,000

This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
起來 / 起来

This word has been viewed 2663 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 30th Apr 2005 12:47 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 hei2  -  rise; stand up; begin; build; remove; draft
 loi4  -  come; arrive; future

5 compounds containing this word:

扣起來 - to button up, arrest
看起來 - [idiom] looks as if (based on what is known so far)
吊起來賣 - to hoard; to have a high opinion of oneself
想起來 - to recall; to remember
Common Formations:
組織起來 - organize
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