Translation

• 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
• starting from (a time, place, price etc)
• classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
• classifier for groups: batch, group

Synonyms

• 伙, 帮, 帮子, 批, 把子, 拔, 班, 群, 股, 起子, 队
• 件, 宗, 档儿, 档子, 桩, 码, 项
• 另起炉灶, 建, 建立, 成立, 树, 树立, 植, 白手起家, 确立, 立, 起家
• 拟, 拟稿, 拟议, 草, 草拟, 起稿, 起草
• 上马, 下车伊始, 从头, 初始, 初步, 初露, 千帆竞发, 发端, 启, 启幕, 始, 始于, 始发, 始起, 开, 开头, 开始, 开班, 开端, 方始, 肇始, 肇端, 起头, 起来, 造端
• 启运, 起运
• 上升, 升, 升腾, 升起, 升高, 狂升, 稳中有升, 腾, 腾达, 蒸腾
• 兴起, 勃兴, 四起, 奋起, 应运而起, 突起, 群起, 蜂起, 起来, 风起云涌
• 产出, 冒出, 出新, 出现, 并发, 应运而生, 油然而生, 涌出, 现出, 辈出, 迭出, 长出, 面世
• 产生, 出, 发, 发出, 发生, 时有发生, 有, 来, 生, 生出, 闹
• 于, 从, 从今, 打, 打从, 由, 自, 自从, 自打

Examples

• 他拿起笔，写了起来。
  He took up his pen and began to write.
• 他们突然一起大笑了起来。
  All at once they began to laugh.
• 请包起来。
  Please wrap it up.
• 举起手来！
  Put your hands up!
• 这个问题看起来很难。
  This problem seems difficult.
• 这辆车保养起来很贵。
  It is expensive running this car.
• 起来吧！
  Get up!
• 你几点起床？
  When do you get up?
• 天空风云骤起。
  The sky looks angry.
• 你能举起这块石头吗？
  Can you lift this stone?