Hanziro

All HSK 3.0 Level 1 words

起来

qilai

In Mandarin Chinese, 起来 (qilai) means “(particle) starting to; up”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. (particle) starting to
  2. up

Other readings: qǐlai — to stand up; to get up

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Examples

  • 听了这话,大家站了起来。
    Tīngle zhè huà, dàjiā zhànle qilai.
    Hearing this, everyone stood up.

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