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起 qǐ

qǐ verb to arise; to get up
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: An intransitive verb, in the sense of 站立 (Guoyu '起' v 1; Kroll 2015 '起' 1, p. 357; Mathews 1931 '起', p. 71; Rouzer 2007, p. 39; Unihan '起'; XHZD '起' 1, p. 586)
qǐ measure word case; instance; batch; group
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: 起 can be used for occurrences or unpredictable events, such as a case, instance, etc, or for groups of things, such asbatch, group, etc (Guoyu '起' n 2; XHZD '起' 9, p. 587)
qǐ verb to rise; to raise
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '起' 2, p. 357; Unihan '起'; XHZD '起' 2, p. 586)
qǐ verb to grow out of; to bring forth; to emerge
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 发动 (Guoyu '起' v 4; Kroll 2015 '起' 1b, p. 357; XHZD '起' 3, p. 586)
qǐ verb to appoint (to an official post); to take up a post
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 出仕 (Guoyu '起' v 7; Kroll 2015 '起' 2e, p. 357)
qǐ verb to start
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 开始 (Guoyu '起' v 3; Kroll 2015 '起' 1e, p. 357; Mathews 1931 '起', p. 72; Unihan '起'; XHZD '起' 4, p. 586)
qǐ verb to establish; to build
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 起 is synonymous with 建造 or 建立 in this sense (Guoyu '起' v 10; Kroll 2015 '起' 2d, p. 357; XHZD '起' 7, p. 587)
qǐ verb to draft; to draw up (a plan)
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 拟订 (Guoyu '起' v 8; XHZD '起' 6, p. 587)
qǐ noun opening sentence; opening verse
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Of a poem (Guoyu '起' n 1; XHZD '起' 4, p. 587)
qǐ verb to get out of bed
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 起床 (Guoyu '起' v 2)
qǐ verb to recover; to heal
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 复甦 (Guoyu '起' v 5; Kroll 2015 '起' 2a, p. 357)
qǐ verb to take out; to extract
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 取出 (Guoyu '起' v 6)
qǐ auxiliary verb marks the beginning of an action
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Placed after a verb as a complement (Guoyu '起' auxiliary verb; Kroll 2015 '起' 4, p. 357; XHZD '起' 11, p. 587)
qǐ auxiliary verb marks the sufficiency of an action
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Placed after a verb as a complement (Guoyu '起' auxiliary verb; XHZD '起' 10, p. 587)
qǐ verb to call back from mourning
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '起' 5, p. 357)
qǐ verb to take place; to occur
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 发生 (XHZD '起' 5, p. 587)
qǐ preposition from
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 从 (Kroll 2015 '起' 3, p. 357; XHZD '起' 8, p. 587)
qǐ verb to conjecture
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '起' 2c, p. 357)
qǐ verb stand up; utthāna
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: utthāna, Japanese: ki, Tibetan: ldang ba (BCSD '起', p. 1116; DJBT '起', p. 424; Mahāvyutpatti 'utthānam'; MW 'utthāna'; SH '起', p. 39)

Contained in

大乘起信论(大乘起信論) Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna; Dasheng Qixin Lun
太子瑞应本起经(太子瑞應本起經) Taizi Rui Ying Ben Qi Jing; Sutra on the Life of the Prince in Accordance with Good Omens
遍计所起色(遍計所起色) always delusively hoping for improvement
起止处(起止處) latrine
1. 一切好事从我本身做起 2. 一切好言从我口中说出 3. 一切善心从我自己开发 4. 一切善人从我至诚礼敬(1. 一切好事從我本身做起 2. 一切好言從我口中說出 3. 一切善心從我自己開發 4. 一切善人從我至誠禮敬) May all good causes begin from self. May all good words spread from my speech. May all good intentions begin from my heart. May all good people feel respect from me.
有容乃大吃亏是福给人接受广结善缘知过能改品德增上提起放下身心自在(有容乃大吃虧是福給人接受廣結善緣知過能改品德增上提起放下身心自在) Tolerance brings greatness: Disadvantage is in fact a blessing. Be accepted by others: Broadly develop good affinities. Willingly correct one's mistakes: Enhances one's moral values. Being able to pick up and let go: Freedom in body and mind.
起信论疏(起信論疏) A Commentary on the Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna; Taisung Kisin Non So
月来满池水云起一天山(月來滿池水雲起一天山) The moon emerges from a ground of water; Clouds rise above a sky of mountains.
孤起颂(孤起頌) gatha; detached verse
赖耶缘起(賴耶緣起) alaya dependent origination
缘起性空(緣起性空) Dependent Origination and Empty Nature ; dependently arising and intrinsically empty
宣说缘起初差别义(宣說緣起初差別義) describe and analyze dependent co-arising
好话从我说起(好話從我說起) be the one to start speaking food words

Also contained in

起床气、提起公诉、惹不起、铆起来、看起来、振衰起弊、起稿、打起瞌睡、揭竿而起、想起来、伤不起、起居、垂直起落飞机、站起来、按下葫芦浮起瓢、起钉器、起头、扬起、磨起泡、起泡、负担不起、后起之秀、起电机、一起、满嘴起疱、商飙徐起、起床号、承当不起、抬起、起爆、拿得起放得下、起因、白起、突起部、早起、起开、挑起、起始

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Scroll 6 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 393
Scroll 5 Prajñāpradīpamūlamadhyamakavṛtti (Bore Deng Lun Shi) 般若燈論釋 — count: 345
Scroll 3 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 326
Scroll 7 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 285
Scroll 5 Cheng Weishi Lun Liaoyi Deng 成唯識論了義燈 — count: 283
Scroll 5 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 259
Scroll 159 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 245
Scroll 5 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 229
Scroll 13 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 212
Scroll 7 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 211

Collocations

见起 (見起) 婆羅門於本劫本見起論 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 14
起论 (起論) 婆羅門於本劫本見起論 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 14 — count: 13
起塔 (起塔) 起塔立精舍 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 12
坐起 (坐起) 往來與剎利眾坐起言語 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 9
定起 (定起) 從空處定起 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 8
起迎 (起迎) 忉利天亦不起迎 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 6
论起 (論起) 有異論起不能如法而往滅之 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 12 — count: 5
起塔庙 (起塔廟) 四衢起塔廟 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
起无数 (起無數) 起無數惡 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 4
王起 (王起) 初從樹王起 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 4