起伏 qǐfú▶ ondular

Stroke order

起伏 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 起 — 10 strokes
• 伏 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. to move up and down
2. to undulate
3. ups and downs

Related words

• 埋伏Emboscada
• 掀起Partir; desencadenar
• 起初al principio
• 起哄armar un escándalo
• 起源origen
• 起码Mínimo, al menos

起伏 is pronounced qǐfú and means “ondular”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 起伏 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.