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)

Contained in

• 罪起由惑 misdeeds arise from confusion
• 法起菩萨(法起菩薩) Dharmodgata
• 起信论疏笔削记(起信論疏筆削記) Notes on the Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna
• 十种大发起(十種大發起) ten kinds of great undertaking
• 古圣贤修身做起 大英雄立功为先(古聖賢修身做起 大英雄立功為先) Sages began by cultivating themselves; Great heroes began with honorable acts.
• 发起善根增长方便(發起善根增長方便) expedient means that promote wholesome roots
• 长寿王本起经(長壽王本起經) Upakkilesasutta
• 唯识缘起(唯識緣起) alaya dependent origination
• 起信论(起信論) Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahāyāna; Dasheng Qixin Lun
• 瑜伽集要焰口施饣起教阿难陀缘由(瑜伽集要焰口施食起教阿難陀緣由) Ritual of Yogā Essentials for Feeding Flaming Mouth to Save Ananda Dhāraṇī; Yujia Ji Yao Yan Kou Shi Shi Qi Jiao Anantuo Yuanyou
• 若起于法执，与我执过同(若起於法執，與我執過同) if attachment to dharmas arise, it is the same mistake as attachment to self
• 起业相(起業相) the aspect of giving rise to karma
• 起已遊行 rises from his seat and travels further
• 缘起论(緣起論) theory of dependent origination; dependent arising

Also contained in

打起瞌睡 、 惊起 、 仰卧起坐 、 起落场 、 迭起 、 拍案而起 、 掀起 、 起居郎 、 湧起 、 一起 、 早睡早起 、 起兴 、 起初 、 挑起 、 物种起源 、 早起 、 起早 、 商飙徐起 、 起藳 、 浮起 、 翘起 、 狼烟四起 、 起伏 、 起锚 、 起小 、 看不起 、 伤不起 、 倔起 、 捡起来 、 起床号 、 烽火四起 、 起床气 、 起居 、 起重葫芦 、 起电机 、 起种 、 起色

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 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