起

meaning for 起 qǐ:

• - to rise
• - to raise
• - to get up
• - to set out
• - to start
• - to appear
• - to launch
• - to initiate (action)
• - to draft
• - to establish
• - to get (from a depot or counter)
• - verb suffix, to start
• - starting from (a time, place, price etc)
• - classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
• - classifier for groups: batch, groupin the same place
• - together
• - with
• - altogether (in total)to give rise to
• - to lead to
• - to cause
• - to arouseto originate
• - to initiate
• - to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
• - to start
• - to propose sth (for the first time)unworthy
• - to let down
• - I'm sorry
• - excuse me
• - pardon me
• - if you please
• - sorry? (please repeat)to get up
• - to leave
• - to set forth