举起
jǔ qǐ
Pinyin

Definition

举起
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jǔ qǐ
  1. to heave
  2. to lift
  3. to raise up
  4. to uphold

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

于是她想出一条捷径。她把一根绳子放进泥浆里转动，接着，她举起绳子向地面上一甩，泥浆洒落在地上，居然变成了一个个的人。
yúshì tā xiǎng chū yī tiáo jiéjìng 。tā bǎ yī gēn shéngzi fàng jìn níjiāng lǐ zhuàndòng ，jiē zhe ，tā jǔqǐ shéngzi xiàng dìmiàn shàng yī shuǎi ，níjiāng sǎluò zài dìshang ，jūrán biànchéng le yīgègè de rén 。
So she thought of a shortcut. She took a string, dipped it in the mud and swirled it around. Next, she pulled it out and swung it towards the ground, sprinkling mud upon the ground. These flecks of mud unexpectedly turned into individual people.
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不许动！举起手来！你已经被特警部队包围了。
bùxǔ dòng ！jǔqǐ shǒu lái ！nǐ yǐjīng bèi tèjǐng bùduì bāowéi le 。
Don’t move! Put your hands up! You’ve been surrounded by the special forces police unit!
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