HSK 6 · Verbs

掀起 xiānqǐ “to lift” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 掀起 means

  1. to lift
  2. to set off (a wave of)
  3. to stir up
  4. to raise (a lid etc)
  5. (of a storm) to surge
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to stir up (waves etc)
  • (fig.) to trigger
  • set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)

How to say 掀起

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale掀xiān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale起qǐ3rd tone, dipping

掀起 in a sentence

  1. 微风在湖面上掀起了一丝丝涟漪。

    Wēifēng zài húmiàn shàng xiānqǐ le yì sīsī liányī.

    A gentle breeze sent ripples across the surface of the lake.

    Sentence #532197 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 掀起 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 掀 (xiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
掀xiānto lift
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 欣delighted · xīnSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 欣 (xīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiān.

The character 起 (qǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
起qǐto rise
  • 走walk · zǒuMeaning part
  • 己self · jǐSound part

走 hints at the meaning (walk); 己 (jǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with qǐ.

How to write 掀起

掀 11 strokes · 起 10 strokes

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掀起 (xiānqǐ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 掀起 (xiānqǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 掀起

Words with 起

对不起duìbuqǐ · sorry一起yìqǐ · together起床qǐchuáng · to get up起qǐ · to rise起飞qǐfēi · take off in an aeroplane起来qǐlai · beginning or continuing an action引起yǐnqǐ · to give rise to看不起kànbuqǐ · to look down upon了不起liǎobuqǐ · amazing起初qǐchū · at first

More words: Common Verbs

维护wéihù · to safeguard无理取闹wúlǐqǔnào · to make trouble for no reason镶嵌xiāngqiàn · to inlay衔接xiánjiē · to link up陷入xiànrù · to fall into削xiāo · to peel消除xiāochú · to eliminate消耗xiāohào · to consume

FAQs

掀起 (xiānqǐ) means “to lift” or “to set off (a wave of)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiānqǐ: xiān with a 1st tone, then qǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 掀起 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xianqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 掀起 from the suggestions. Typing xianqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
掀起 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.