"起来" • Chinese-English Dictionary
Results for 起来 | ||||
| 起来 | qi lai | (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3 lai5] |   | |
| 起来 | qǐ lai | to stand up / to get up / also pr. [qi3 lai2] | | |
Approximate Results for 起来 | ||||
| 看起来 | kàn qǐ lái | seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appear to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be | | |
| 看起来 | kàn qǐ lai | seemingly / apparently / looks as if / appear to be / gives the impression that / seems on the face of it to be | | |
| 想起来 | xiǎng qi lai | to remember / to recall | | |
| 听起来 | tīng qi lai | to sound like | | |
| 好起来 | hǎo qǐ lai | to get better / to improve / to get well | | |
| 铆起来 | mǎo qǐ lai | to get enthusiastic / to put in all one's energy | | |
| 拼起来 | pīn qi lai | to put together | | |
| 算起来 | suàn qǐ lái | to calculate / to estimate / in total / all told / (fig.) if you think about it | | |
| 站起来 | zhàn qǐ lai | to stand up | | |
| 站起来反贫穷 | zhàn qǐ lái fǎn pín qióng | Stand Up Against Poverty, Stand Up for the Millennium Development Goals / Stand Up Against Poverty | | |
| 团结起来应对气候变化 | UNite to combat climate change | | ||
| 马尾穿豆腐，提不起来 | mǎ wěi chuān dòu fu , tí bu qǐ lai | lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it / fig. let's not talk of this (pun on 提[ti2]) | | |
| 全世界无产者联合起来 | quán shì jiè wú chǎn zhě lián hé qǐ lai | Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch! / Workers of the world, unite! | | |
| 联合起来制止侵害妇女的暴力行为 | Unite to End Violence against Women | | ||
| 玫瑰不管叫啥名，闻起来总是香的 | méi guī bù guǎn jiào shá míng , wén qǐ lai zǒng shì xiāng de | A rose by any other name would smell as sweet | | |
| 乌弗埃主义者团结起来争取民主与和平 | Rally of Houphouëtistes for Democracy and Peace | | ||
