HSK 6 vocabulary › 掀起
掀起
掀起 in English: to lift; to raise (a lid etc)
xiān qǐ
to lift; to raise (a lid etc); (of a storm) to surge; to stir up (waves etc)
How to pronounce 掀起
xiān qǐ (without tone marks: xian qi). xiān is a first (high, level) tone; qǐ is a third (low, dipping) tone.
Characters in 掀起
掀 xiān
to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
起 qǐ
to rise; to raise; to get up
to rise; to raise; to get up
Related words
| 对不起 | duì bu qǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me | HSK 1 |
| 起床 | qǐ chuáng | to get out of bed; to get up | HSK 2 |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | in the same place; together | HSK 2 |
| 起飞 | qǐ fēi | to take off | HSK 3 |
| 起来 | qǐ lai | to stand up; to get up | HSK 3 |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to | HSK 4 |
| 看不起 | kàn bu qǐ | to look down upon; to despise | HSK 5 |
| 了不起 | liǎo bu qǐ | amazing; terrific | HSK 5 |
| 起草 | qǐ cǎo | to make a draft; to draw up (plans) | HSK 6 |
| 起初 | qǐ chū | originally; at first | HSK 6 |