Chinese Word Entry

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin):
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei2
Definitions:
  1. to rise

  2. to raise

  3. to get up

  4. to set out

  5. to start

  6. to appear

  7. to launch

  8. to initiate (action)

  9. to draft

  10. to establish

  11. to get (from a depot or counter)

  12. verb suffix, to start

  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)

  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance

  15. classifier for groups: batch, group


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Chinese characters used in this word

rouse, wake up, get up, rise, stand up, go up, begin
Readings
Mandarin: ㄑㄧˇ (qǐ)
Cantonese: hei2
Japanese: キ (ki) / お.きる (okiru)、 お.こる (okoru)、 お.こす (okosu)、 た.つ (tatsu)
Korean: 기 (gi)
Vietnamese: khởi