起 qǐ

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. 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)
11. 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)
12. 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)
13. 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)
14. 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)
15. qǐ verb to call back from mourning
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '起' 5, p. 357)
16. 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)
17. 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)
18. qǐ verb to conjecture
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '起' 2c, p. 357)
19. 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)
20. qǐ verb arising; utpāda
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: utpāda (Dhammajoti 2013, p. 9; Edgerton 1953 'utpāda', p. 125; MW 'utpāda'; SH '起', p. 39)

Contained in

• 法不自起 dharmas do not arise by themselves
• 五衰相现; 1. 衣服垢秽 2. 头上华萎 3. 腋下出汗 4. 身体臭秽 5. 不乐本座; 小五衰相; 1.乐声不起 2.身光忽灭 3.浴水着身 4.着境不舍 5. 眼目数瞬(五衰相現; 1. 衣服垢穢 2. 頭上華萎 3. 腋下出汗 4. 身體臭穢 5. 不樂本座; 小五衰相; 1.樂聲不起 2.身光忽滅 3.浴水著身 4.著境不捨 5. 眼目數瞬) Five Signs of Decay: 1. Clothes become filthy; 2. Garland atop the head fades; 3. The armpits become sweaty; 4. The body becomes foul-smelling; 5. The heavenly palace appears unpleasant; Five Minor Signs of Decay: 1. The music stops; 2. The body’s radiance fades; 3. Bathwater clings to the body; 4. Attachment to their surroundings; 5. The eyes start blinking
• 若诸缘起彼无起(若諸緣起彼無起) That which originates by causal conditions is unoriginated
• 兴起五阴(興起五陰) appearance of aggregates
• 起七宝塔遍满其国(起七寶塔遍滿其國) his world shall be full of Stûpas made of precious substances
• 以第一义中业不起故(以第一義中業不起故) because in ultimate reality [we] do not accept even the origination of action
• 起业相(起業相) the aspect of giving rise to karma
• 十二部经; 1. 长行 2. 重颂 3. 孤起 4. 譬喻5. 因缘 6. 无问自说 7. 本生 8. 本事 9. 未曾有 10. 方广 11. 论议 12. 授记(十二部經; 1. 長行 2. 重頌 3. 孤起 4. 譬喻5. 因緣 6. 無問自說 7. 本生 8. 本事 9. 未曾有 10. 方廣 11. 論議 12. 授記) Twelve Divisions of Sutras: 1. Sutra (discourses); 2. Geya (repeated verses); 3. Gatha (verses); 4. Avadana (parables); 5. Nidana (expositions of causes); 6. Udana (unprompted teachings); 7. Jataka (stories of the Buddha’s previous lives); 8. Itivrttaka (stories of the disciples’ previous lives); 9. Abdhutadharma (miracles); 10. Vaipulya (profound teachings); 11. Upadesa (debates); 12. Vyakarana (prophecies)
• 若见缘起便见法(若見緣起便見法) whoever sees dependent co-arising sees the Dhamma

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卷起 、 勾起 、 惹起 、 范氏起电机 、 起居郎 、 钱起 、 商飙徐起 、 烽火四起 、 起床 、 另起炉灶 、 大风起兮云飞扬 、 磨起泡 、 发起人 、 揭竿起乱 、 零起点 、 吴起 、 逆锋起笔 、 起更 、 起扑杆 、 起云剂 、 捻军起义 、 起程 、 一跃而起 、 起子 、 起诉书 、 崛地而起 、 起早贪黑 、 伤不起 、 比起 、 禁得起 、 高起 、 勃起功能障碍 、 起伏 、 狼烟四起 、 起稿 、 起火 、 看不起 、 禁不起 、 黄巾起义 、 瞧不起 、 起数 、 投袂而起

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Truncated for common words

• Scroll 6 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 350
• Scroll 5 The Lamp of Discernment (Prajñāpradīpa) 般若燈論釋 — count: 343
• Scroll 3 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 326
• Scroll 5 Cheng Weishi Lun Liaoyi Deng 成唯識論了義燈 — count: 275
• Scroll 7 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 269
• Scroll 5 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 227
• Scroll 5 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 224
• Scroll 13 Notes on the Abhidharmakośabhāṣya 俱舍論記 — count: 211
• Scroll 7 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 210
• Scroll 25 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 209

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
• 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
• 起迎 (起迎) 忉利天亦不起迎 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 4
• 起塔庙 (起塔廟) 四衢起塔廟 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
• 王起 (王起) 初從樹王起 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — 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