发起
fā qǐ
Pinyin

Definition

发起
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fā qǐ
  1. to originate
  2. to initiate
  3. to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
  4. to start
  5. to propose sth (for the first time)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
在一起
zài yī qǐ
  1. 1 together
发起
fā qǐ
  1. 1 to originate
  2. 2 to initiate
  3. 3 to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
  4. 4 to start
  5. 5 to propose sth (for the first time)
起
qǐ
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
起来
qǐ lai
  1. 1 to stand up
  2. 2 to get up
  3. 3 also pr. [qǐ lái]
起床
qǐ chuáng
  1. 1 to get out of bed
  2. 2 to get up
了不起
liǎo bu qǐ
  1. 1 amazing
  2. 2 terrific
  3. 3 extraordinary
升起
shēng qǐ
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to hoist
  3. 3 to rise
对不起
duì bu qǐ
  1. 1 unworthy
  2. 2 to let down
  3. 3 I'm sorry
  4. 4 excuse me
  5. 5 pardon me
  6. 6 if you please
  7. 7 sorry? (please repeat)
引起
yǐn qǐ
  1. 1 to give rise to
  2. 2 to lead to
  3. 3 to cause
  4. 4 to arouse
想起
xiǎng qǐ
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 to think of
  3. 3 to call to mind
拿起
ná qǐ
  1. 1 to pick up
提起
tí qǐ
  1. 1 to mention
  2. 2 to speak of
  3. 3 to lift
  4. 4 to pick up
  5. 5 to arouse
  6. 6 to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)
早起
zǎo qǐ
  1. 1 to get up early
比起
bǐ qǐ
  1. 1 compared with
说起
shuō qǐ
  1. 1 to mention
  2. 2 to bring up (a subject)
  3. 3 with regard to
  4. 4 as for
起伏
qǐ fú
  1. 1 to move up and down
  2. 2 to undulate
  3. 3 ups and downs
起码
qǐ mǎ
  1. 1 at the minimum
  2. 2 at the very least
起身
qǐ shēn
  1. 1 to get up
  2. 2 to leave
  3. 3 to set forth
起飞
qǐ fēi
  1. 1 (of an aircraft) to take off

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
勤俭起家
qín jiǎn qǐ jiā
  1. 1 to rise up by thrift and hard work (idiom)
另起炉灶
lìng qǐ lú zào
  1. 1 lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch
  2. 2 back to square one
  3. 3 to start of on a new path
商飙徐起
shāng biāo xú qǐ
  1. 1 the autumn breeze comes gently (idiom)
大起大落
dà qǐ dà luò
  1. 1 (of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom)
  2. 2 volatile
  3. 3 significant ups and downs
  4. 4 roller coaster
崛地而起
jué dì ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new feature
平地起家
píng dì qǐ jiā
  1. 1 to start from scratch (idiom)
思潮起伏
sī cháo qǐ fú
  1. 1 thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom)
  2. 2 different thoughts coming to mind
承上起下
chéng shàng qǐ xià
  1. 1 to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition
  2. 2 forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
投袂而起
tóu mèi ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to shake one's sleeves and rise (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get excited and move to action
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拿得起放得下
ná de qǐ fàng de xià
  1. 1 lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take what comes
  3. 3 to meet gains or losses with equanimity
搬起石头砸自己的脚
bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
  1. 1 to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
  2. 2 hoisted by one's own petard
东山再起
dōng shān zài qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
  1. 1 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
  2. 2 no sooner one subsides, the next arises
  3. 3 repeating continuously
  4. 4 occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
此起彼落
cǐ qǐ bǐ luò
  1. 1 to rise and fall in succession (idiom)
  2. 2 repeating continuously
民变峰起
mín biàn fēng qǐ
  1. 1 seething discontent (idiom); widespread popular grievances

Sample Sentences

从此，上海市民在支付宝端发起上门回收需求，就像快递上门取件一样方便。
cóngcǐ ，Shànghǎi shìmín zài Zhīfùbǎo duān fāqǐ shàngmén huíshōu xūqiú ，jiù xiàng kuàidì shàngmén qǔjiàn yīyàng fāngbiàn 。
From now on, residents in Shanghai can use Alipay to request for home pickup recycling services, as convenient as home parcel or documents pickup.
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中国所有的这些岛屿，很多被菲律宾、越南等国家强占。后来中国划出南海九段线，宣布这些岛屿主权属于中国，菲律宾当然不满，于是就有了菲律宾发起的南海争端仲裁事件。
Zhōngguó suǒyǒu de zhèxiē dǎoyǔ ，hěn duō bèi Fēilǜbīn 、Yuènán děng guójiā qiáng zhàn 。hòulái Zhōngguó huàchū nánhǎi jiǔduànxiàn ，xuānbù zhèxiē dǎoyǔ zhǔquán shǔyú Zhōngguó ，Fēilǜbīn dāngrán bùmǎn ，yúshì jiù yǒu le Fēilǜbīn fāqǐ de nánhǎi zhēngduān zhòngcái shìjiàn 。
Many of these Chinese islands and reefs have been occupied through force by countries like the Philippines and Vietnam. Later when China drew a nine dash line in the South China Sea to proclaim its sovereignty over these islands and reefs, the Philippines was, of course, displeased. This led the Philippines to apply for an arbitration over the South China Sea dispute.
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一名消防队员重伤，暂无其他人员伤亡报告。法国总统埃马纽埃尔马克龙誓言发起国际募捐，重建巴黎圣母院。
yī míng xiāofángduìyuán zhòngshāng ，zàn wú qítā rényuán shāngwáng bàogào 。Fǎguó zǒngtǒng āimǎniǔāiěr mǎkèlóng shìyán fāqǐ guójì mùjuān ，chóngjiàn BālíShèngmǔyuàn 。
One firefighter was seriously injured and no other casualties were reported. French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to launch an international fundraiser to rebuild Notre Dame.
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是啊，所以为了不让中医从我们手里失传，不仅医学界要努力地研究和发展中医药，我们民间也应该发起“爱中医药、信中医药、用中医药、传中医药”这样的活动来帮助振兴我们的传统医学。
shì ā ，suǒyǐ wèile bù ràng zhōngyī cóng wǒmen shǒu lǐ shīchuán ，bùjǐn yīxuéjiè yào nǔlì de yánjiū hé fāzhǎn zhōngyīyào ，wǒmen mínjiān yě yīnggāi fāqǐ “ài zhōngyīyào 、xìn zhōngyīyào 、yòng zhōngyīyào 、chuán zhōngyīyào ”zhèyàng de huódòng lái bāngzhù zhènxīng wǒmen de chuántǒng yīxué 。
Yes. So in order to keep Chinese Medicine from disappearing, not only will the medical world have to work hard to research and develop Chinese Medicine. We common people should also launch ''Love Chinese Medicine, Believe in Chinese Medicine, Use Chinese Medicine, Pass on Chinese Medicine" activities to help stimulate our traditional medicine.
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