起來

See also: 起来

Chinese

		to rise; to raise; to get up	to come
trad. (起來)		起	來
simp. (起来)		起	来

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): qǐlái

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): челэ (či͡əle, II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² loi⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí-lòi
Jin (Wiktionary): qi² lai¹
Min Nan (POJ): khí-lâi / khí--lâi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǐlái → qǐlai (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊ → ㄑㄧˇ ˙ㄌㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chii.lai
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ laɪ̯³⁵/ → /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴ laɪ̯⁴/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: челэ (či͡əle, II-I)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiə⁵¹ lɛː²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² loi⁴
  - Yale: héi lòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² loi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² loi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ lɔːy̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-lòi
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi` loiˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ loi²
  - IPA: /hi³¹ loi̯¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: qi² lai¹
  - IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³ lai¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí-lâi
  - Tâi-lô: khí-lâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qylaai
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laɪ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laɪ¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laɪ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laɪ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khí--lâi
  - Tâi-lô: khí--lâi

Verb

起來

to rise up; to get up
to get up; to get out of bed
placed after a verb to indicate that the action has been completed
忙起來 / 忙起来 ― máng qǐlai ― to get busy

熱起來 / 热起来 ― rè qǐlai ― to get hot

好起來 / 好起来 ― hǎo qǐlai ― to get better

發展起來 / 发展起来 ― fāzhǎn qǐlai ― to begin to develop

突然哭起來 / 突然哭起来 ― tūrán kū qǐlai ― to burst into tears
placed after a verb to form a copular verb
這主意聽起來不錯。 [MSC, trad.]
这主意听起来不错。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè zhǔyì tīng qǐlai bùcuò. [Pinyin]
That sounds like a good idea.

他看起來很有活力。 [MSC, trad.]
他看起来很有活力。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā kàn qǐlai hěn yǒu huólì. [Pinyin]
He looks very energetic.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 起床 (“to get up; to get out of bed”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		起床, 起身
Mandarin	Beijing	起床, 起來
	Taiwan	起床, 起來
	Harbin	起床
	Jinan	起床
	Muping	起來
	Luoyang	起床, 起來
	Wanrong	起來, 起
	Xi'an	起來
	Xining	起床
	Xuzhou	起床, 起, 起來
	Yinchuan	起, 起來
	Lanzhou	起床, 起來
	Ürümqi	起床, 起來
	Wuhan	起床, 起身, 起去
	Chengdu	爬起來, 起床, 起來
	Guiyang	起來, 起床, 扒起來, 扒起
	Liuzhou	起身
	Yangzhou	起來
	Nanjing	爬起來, 起來
Cantonese	Guangzhou	起身
	Hong Kong	起身
	Foshan	起身
	Shunde	起身
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	起身
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	起身
	Taishan	起身
	Kaiping (Chikan)	起身
	Dongguan	起身
Gan	Nanchang	起來
	Lichuan	條起
	Pingxiang	起頭
Hakka	Meixian	䟘床, 䟘身, 起身
	Yudu	起床, 調起
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	䟘床
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	䟘床
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	䟘床
	Dongshi (Dabu)	䟘床
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	跆起
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	起床, 起來
Jin	Taiyuan	起床, 起
Jin	Xinzhou	起
Min Bei	Jian'ou	起來
Min Dong	Fuzhou	趉
Min Nan	Xiamen	起來, 起床
	Quanzhou	起來, 起床
	Zhangzhou	起來, 起床
	Philippines (Manila)	起來
	Chaozhou	起床, 起身, 走起, 起來
	Haikou	起床
Pinghua	Nanning	起床
Wu	Shanghai	䟿起來, 爬起來
	Suzhou	起來
	Hangzhou	爬起來
	Wenzhou	爬起
	Chongming	𨂝出來
	Danyang	起床, 起來
	Ningbo	爬起, 爬起來
Xiang	Changsha	起床
Xiang	Loudi	起去, 起來

Derived terms

全世界無產者，聯合起來／全世界无产者，联合起来 (quánshìjiè wúchǎnzhě, liánhé qǐlái)
看起來／看起来 (kànqilai)

站起來／站起来 (zhàn qǐlai)
聽起來／听起来 (tīngqǐlai)

起來

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