| 起来 |
qǐ lai |
to stand up; to get up / also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 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) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. 看) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5] |
| 起 |
qǐ |
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 |
| 来 |
lái |
to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来) / ever since (as in 自古以来) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来) |