起来 qǐlai get up

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Traditional: 起來

Stroke order

起来 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

起来 — the Chinese character for get up (qǐlai), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 起来 — get up

起 — 10 strokes
来 — 7 strokes

Characters in 起来

起 qǐ — to rise; to raise; to get up
来 lái — to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); for the past (amount of time)

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

我每天六点起来。Wǒ měitiān liù diǎn qǐlái.I get up at six every day.
天气热起来了。Tiānqì rè qǐlái le.The weather has started to get hot.

Related words

起来 is pronounced qǐlai and means “get up”.

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