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起來

hei2 loi4

qi3 lai5

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

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 8,480,000

起來 / 起来

起 hei2 qi3 - to start; rise; get up
來 loi4 loi6 lai4 lai2 lai4 - come

This word was added by tym on 30th Apr 2005 and last edited on 27th Nov 2007

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