HSK 1 · Daily routine

起来

qǐ lai

to get up; to rise

Stroke order of 起来

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

起 · 10 strokes 来 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

Walk '走' yourself '己' up off the bed and come '来' get up.

Parts: 起 rise (走 walk + 己 self) + 来 come

The characters in 起来

起 qǐ — to get up; to rise (10 strokes)
来 lái — to come (7 strokes)

Example sentence

你快起来，要迟到了！

Get up quickly, you're going to be late!

Words with 起

对不起sorry 起床to get up 起to get up; to rise 一起together 起飞to take off 想起to recall; to remember 看起来to look; it seems

Words with 来

来to come 来到to arrive; to come to 出来to come out 进来to come in 回来to come back 来自to come from 后来afterwards; later 原来originally; so it turns out 接下来next; following 越来越more and more 带来to bring 过来to come over 上来to come up 下来to come down 传来to come through (of sound or news)以来since 从来always; ever 本来originally

More words: Daily routine

起床to get up 起to get up; to rise 睡to sleep 睡觉to sleep 穿to wear; to put on 衣服clothes 休息to rest 住to live (somewhere)放to put; to place 拿to take; to hold 找to look for 找到to find

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