起来(qǐ lai): to stand up
to stand up
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 起来 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
我已经起来了。
wǒ yǐ jīng qǐ lái le
I'm up.
石头不会浮起来。
shí tou bù huì fú qǐ lái
Stones don't swim.
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