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一起

yī qǐ

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word

一起 (yī qǐ) means "together; in the same place". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 一起 means

1. (in) the same place
2. together; in company (with)
3. altogether; in total
4. an instance of; a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc)

The characters in 一起

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up

Example sentences

• 一起来吧。
  Come along.
• 一起工作。
  Work together.
• 我们在一起。
  We were together.
• 一起学习吧！
  Let's study together!
• 你想一起去吗？
  Do you want to come along?

Words containing 一起

• 在一起zài yī qǐtogether
• 聚在一起jù zài yī qǐto get together

Where 一起 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Conjunctions and Discourse Adverbs (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yī qǐ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.