| qǐ | to rise/to raise/to get up/to set out/to start/to appear/to launch/to initiate (action)/to draft/to establish/to get (from a depot or counter)/verb suffix, to start/(before place or time) starting from/classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: c |
| 起 | to rise to raise to get up |
| 起一堵墙 | to build a wall |
| 起义 | uprising insurrection revolt |
| 起义军 | insurrectionary army |
| 起义投诚 | to come over to our side; to revolt and cross over |
| 起义者 | insurrectionist; insurrectionary; riser; rebeldom |
| 起事 | rise in rebellion; start armed struggle |
| 起亚 | Kia (Motors) |
| 起价 | initial price (e.g. for the first kilometer) prices starting from |
| 起伏 | to move up and down to undulate ups and downs |
| 起伏的 | undulate; undulant; rolling; undulatory; up-and-down; fluctuant; undulated; wavy; waved; scraggly |
| 起作用 | work; react; operate; do its work; act on; functor; take into effect; perform a role; take effect; function; act a part in |
| 起先 | at first in the beginning |
| 起兴 | get interested |
| 起兵 | raise troops |
| 起初 | originally at first at the outset |
| 起动 | to start up (a motor) to launch (a computer application) |
| 起动时间 | start up time; run-up time; start time; starting period; starting time; starting duration; period of starting; acceleration time |
| 起动机 | starter; starting engine; starter motor; hoist; hauler; cranking motor; starting machine; pony motor |
| 起动电流 | starting current |